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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, "Real Women Have Bodies" - Chapter 6 "Eight Bites".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" see outside the window of the car where she and her boyfriend have sex?
(a) Artists drawing.
(b) An old crone.
(c) A group of campers.
(d) A hook-handed man.

2. When does the narrator of "Eight Bites"say she gained most of her weight?
(a) After marriage.
(b) After college.
(c) After pregnancy.
(d) After high school.

3. Where does the girl with bells for eyes tell Benson to go?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) California.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) New Jersey.

4. How frequently does Benson buy groceries?
(a) Twice a week.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Twice a month.
(d) Once a month.

5. What characteristic does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say stories have?
(a) They absorb each other’s strengths like fire.
(b) They drain each other like rivers taking water out of the hills.
(c) They run together like raindrops in a pond.
(d) They run apart from each other like magnets pushing each other away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the DA dump Henson for?

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she does for her boyfriend, which is not normal?

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

4. How does the narrator of "Eight Bites" treat her extra self when she catches it in the basement?

5. Who told the narrator that she should only allow herself eight bites at each meal?

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