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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 the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" do to keep her son from trying to touch the ribbon?
(a) Let him hold it, warily.
(b) Slap his hand away.
(c) Distract him by jingling keys.
(d) Shake a can of pennies.

2. When the narrator of "Mothers" and Bad are in Georgia, what does Bad say about the ocean?
(a) That it is a grandmother.
(b) That it is a lesbian.
(c) That it is a mother.
(d) That it is a baby.

3. What does the narrator of "Mothers" dream love might be able to do?
(a) Outdo nature.
(b) Save her soul.
(c) Redeem the world.
(d) Heal Bad’s wounds.

4. 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) A group of campers.
(c) An old crone.
(d) A hook-handed man.

5. What does the narrator of "The Resident" plan to do after this residency?
(a) Get out of town and never go back.
(b) Stand on her own.
(c) Repay the people who supported her.
(d) Support other artists.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What TV show is "Especially Heinous" a play on?

4. How does the narrator characterize Petra’s mother, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

5. What does Dr. U do to the narrator of "Eight Bites"?

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