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

2. What does the narrator of "The Resident" send to her wife?
(a) A photo of her room.
(b) A backup of her novel.
(c) A note to say she arrived.
(d) A rabbit’s foot.

3. What effect does the photo shoot and the subsequent flight have on the narrator of "The Resident"?
(a) It makes her very happy.
(b) It makes her insecure about her body.
(c) It makes her bitter about her past.
(d) It makes her distrustful of Anele.

4. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe the boy she meets in the beginning of the story?
(a) Aloof.
(b) Craggy.
(c) Fine.
(d) High-maintenance.

5. Where do the narrator and her husband go after their wedding, in "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) Europe.
(b) California.
(c) Asia.
(d) South America.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "The Resident" characterize her novel?

2. What does Benson think the two-beat drumming is?

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

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

5. 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?

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