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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. Where is the home the narrator dreams about, in ‘Mothers’?
(a) California.
(b) Maine.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Texas.

2. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe her consciousness before she started to remember things?
(a) All sound and serenity.
(b) All contact and bliss.
(c) All color and horror.
(d) All good tastes and plenty.

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?
(a) Marriage is a sacrament.
(b) Being poor will kill you.
(c) Sacred things should not be touched.
(d) Some things should not be spoken.

4. How does Petra test the incorporeality of her hands, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) By putting it in a fire.
(b) By slicing it with a knife.
(c) By cutting it with a broken glass.
(d) By stabbing herself with a dart.

5. At what age does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say her memory started?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 11.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Inventory" say that the virus ended up getting to her home?

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

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

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

5. How old is Petra when her incorporeality begins?

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