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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. How does the narrator of "Mothers" describe Bad’s baby’s eyes?
(a) Like flashing migraine aura.
(b) Like deer eyes.
(c) Like Japanese beetles.
(d) Like police sirens.

2. Where does the narrator of "Inventory" go in the end?
(a) Nantucket.
(b) An island off the coast of Maine.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Canada.

3. How are Abler and Henson different from Stabler and Benson?
(a) Abler and Henson are teachers.
(b) Abler and Henson are sleeping together.
(c) Abler and Henson are not romantically involved.
(d) Abler and Henson are criminals.

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she told a story about at the supermarket, when she was young?
(a) Fingers in the chicken.
(b) Toes in the potatoes.
(c) Nails in the seafood.
(d) Eyes in the grapes.

5. What question is the narrator of "The Resident" trying to figure out in relation to her novel?
(a) How to make the main character’s troubles believable.
(b) How to extricate the main character from her troubles.
(c) How to create a believable back story for the main character’s predicament.
(d) How to maximize the main character’s suffering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the décor of Glam remind its customers of?

2. How does the narrator of "The Resident" characterize the building at Devil’s Throat?

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

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

5. What was Devil’s Throat called before it was Devil’s Throat, in "The Resident"?

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