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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 delighted like a child.
(d) He is vengefully satisfied.

2. In the story of the pioneer husband and wife, in "The Husband Stitch," what happens to the child?
(a) She turns feral.
(b) She dies.
(c) She becomes a wood nymph.
(d) She is rescued by gypsies.

3. How long does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" labor for, with her child?
(a) 20 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) Two days.

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she knows as soon as she kisses the boy?
(a) That he will kill her.
(b) That she will regret knowing him.
(c) That he will give her a daughter.
(d) That they will marry.

5. What is the narrator’s husband’s response, to her answer about whether the ribbon is secret?
(a) He falls asleep angry.
(b) He forgives her and withdraws.
(c) He threatens to hold her and untie it by force.
(d) He makes her pay for keeping it to herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the moral of the story about the girl who died when her wedding dress had been exposed to embalming fluid?

2. What is the narrator inventorying in "Inventory"?

3. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she told a story about at the supermarket, when she was young?

4. When the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" takes an art course, she meets another woman with a ribbon—where is it?

5. How frequently does the narrator’s boyfriend come over to her house, in "The Husband Stitch"?

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