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

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels like doing when she hears her husband asking the doctor for the ‘extra stitch’ after she gives birth?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Vomiting.
(d) Crying.

3. Where does the virus start, in "Inventory"?
(a) Nevada.
(b) California.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) Nebraska.

4. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels when the boy "breaks" her?
(a) Lost at sea.
(b) Arriving home.
(c) Lost in a forest.
(d) Being abducted.

5. How does the narrator of "Inventory" say that the virus ended up getting to her home?
(a) She got careless.
(b) She invited it in.
(c) It overcame their protective measures.
(d) It was inevitable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the third mistake a woman can make?

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

3. 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?

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

5. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe the story of the daughter in Paris?

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