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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, "Difficult at Parties".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Anele’s photo of the narrator of "The Resident" make her look?
(a) Quizzical.
(b) Dead.
(c) Alluring.
(d) Gorgeous.

2. What does the narrator compare the girls-with-bells-for-eyes to?
(a) Picasso’s portraits of women.
(b) Dali’s melted clocks.
(c) Diego Rivera’s peasants.
(d) Diane Arbus portraits.

3. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels like doing when she hears her husband asking the doctor for the ‘extra stitch’ after she gives birth?
(a) Crying.
(b) Vomiting.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Sleeping.

4. When the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" takes an art course, she meets another woman with a ribbon—where is it?
(a) Around her forehead.
(b) Around her ankle.
(c) Around her wrist.
(d) Around her ring finger.

5. What can the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" not tell the reader, about the opening where her head was attached to her body?
(a) Whether it is bloody or smooth.
(b) Whether it is repairable.
(c) Whether her head is still hers.
(d) Whether or not it is fatal.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Petra deliver to Glam, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

4. How old is Petra when her incorporeality begins?

5. Who warns the narrator of "Mothers" that Bad’s treatment of her is not normal?

(see the answer key)

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