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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. In the story of the old man and the old woman, in "The Husband Stitch," whose liver does the old woman eat?
(a) Her own.
(b) Her husband’s.
(c) A ghost’s.
(d) A corpse’s.

2. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe herself, in the "dramatis personae" section?
(a) Memorable.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Forgettable.
(d) Forgetful.

3. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe herself after having sex for the first time?
(a) Newer than she has ever been.
(b) Ruined.
(c) Age-old with wisdom.
(d) The same age as her mother.

4. What lesson does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" learn after she gives birth?
(a) That she cannot satisfy her husband unless she is satisfy herself.
(b) That she cannot be satisfied unless her son feels satisfied.
(c) That she can satisfy her husband and nurse her son at the same time.
(d) That she can satisfy her husband without being satisfied herself.

5. What does pregnancy do to the narrator and her husband’s desire for each other, in "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) It makes them cautious and delicate.
(b) It gives them more perversities to play out.
(c) It frightens them.
(d) It makes them more chaste and religious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the narrator’s first sexual experience with, in "Inventory"?

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

3. What is the husband’s response when he unties the ribbon at the end of "The Husband Stitch"?

4. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels when the boy "breaks" her?

5. What can the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" not tell the reader, about the opening where her head was attached to her body?

(see the answer key)

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