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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "The Resident".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Benson hear the girls-with-bells-for-eyes saying?
(a) Let us rest.
(b) Murder our murderers.
(c) Give us voices.
(d) Take us home.

2. Who is Tristan, who appears in the final scene of "Mothers"?
(a) The narrator’s new lover.
(b) Mara’s boyfriend.
(c) Bad’s new lover.
(d) Mara’s brother.

3. Which woman’s name can the narrator not remember, in "The Resident"?
(a) The painter.
(b) The poet.
(c) The sculptor.
(d) The filmmaker.

4. What does the narrator of "Eight Bites" think about herself when she considers her last meal?
(a) You are horrible.
(b) You are dying.
(c) You deserve better.
(d) You are going to be reborn.

5. How old is the narrator at the beginning of "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) 42.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the policeman have on his lip, in "The Resident"?

2. What do people who have had the procedure say at restaurants, in "Eight Bites"?

3. What does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" do once she realizes that she is going incorporeal as well as Petra?

4. How old is Petra when her incorporeality begins?

5. What lesson does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" learn after she gives birth?

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