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

2. What quality best suits the narrator’s co-worker Natalie?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Elegance.

3. How does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" describe Petra in her first interactions with her?
(a) Morbid.
(b) Inviting.
(c) Sublime.
(d) Cheery.

4. What does the narrator compare Petra to, when she sits on top of her?
(a) A vampire.
(b) A werewolf.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A Madonna.

5. Who gets blamed for the incorporeal girls in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) The fashion industry.
(b) Nuclear reactors.
(c) Petrochemical companies.
(d) Agribusiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the narrator’s husband’s response, to her answer about whether the ribbon is secret?

3. What power does Stabler acquire from Father Jones?

4. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe herself, in the "dramatis personae" section?

5. What does the daughter go out to get, in the story the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" tells, of the daughter in Paris?

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