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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1, "The Husband Stitch" - Chapter 2, "Inventory".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the husband’s response when he unties the ribbon at the end of "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) He groans and says no.
(b) He is horrified and instantaneously repentant.
(c) He is vengefully satisfied.
(d) He is delighted like a child.

2. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe her consciousness before she started to remember things?
(a) All color and horror.
(b) All sound and serenity.
(c) All contact and bliss.
(d) All good tastes and plenty.

3. How long is it, after the doctor says that he might have to perform a Caesarean section delivery, that the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" gives birth?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) Ten hours.
(c) Six hours.
(d) Two hours.

4. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe her lovemaking with her boyfriend?
(a) Screwing.
(b) Rutting.
(c) Making love.
(d) Soul-dancing.

5. Where do the narrator and her husband go after their wedding, in "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) Asia.
(b) Europe.
(c) California.
(d) South America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the daughter go out to get, in the story the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" tells, of the daughter in Paris?

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she knows as soon as she kisses the boy?

3. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say stories can do to happiness?

4. How old is the narrator at the beginning of "The Husband Stitch"?

5. Where does the virus start, in "Inventory"?

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