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

2. Where does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" find work after Glam?
(a) A university.
(b) A warehouse.
(c) A condiment factory.
(d) A motel.

3. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say her husband caresses her ribbon?
(a) As if he were touching her sex.
(b) As if he were considering murdering her.
(c) As if he were drawing inspiration from it.
(d) As if he were solving a math problem.

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

5. In the story of the old man and the old woman, in "The Husband Stitch," whose liver does the old woman eat?
(a) A corpse’s.
(b) Her own.
(c) Her husband’s.
(d) A ghost’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of crimes do Stabler and Benson investigate in "Especially Heinous"?

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

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

4. How many sisters does the narrator of "Eight Bites" have?

5. Where does the madman hide his bomb?

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