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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) A ghost’s.
(b) Her husband’s.
(c) A corpse’s.
(d) Her own.

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" dress her child as for Halloween?
(a) A husband.
(b) A professor.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A lumberjack.

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

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

5. Where does the narrator of "Inventory" go in the end?
(a) Nantucket.
(b) Canada.
(c) An island off the coast of Maine.
(d) Iceland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does pregnancy do to the narrator and her husband’s desire for each other, in "The Husband Stitch"?

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" give the reader instructions for?

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

4. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe the boy she meets in the beginning of the story?

5. When the narrator’s husband asks if the ribbon is secret, what does she tell him?

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