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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 the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe herself, in the "dramatis personae" section?
(a) Memorable.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Forgettable.
(d) Forgetful.

2. What does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" say her boss Gizzy has lost?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her career.
(d) Her parents.

3. When does the narrator of "Eight Bites" imagine she will reconcile herself with her extra self?
(a) When she has the surgery reversed.
(b) When she learns to refrain from eating.
(c) When she regains her weight.
(d) At death.

4. How does the narrator of "The Resident" justify her personality after so many episodes with people who find her difficult?
(a) She says that everyone’s personality is their own cross to bear.
(b) She says that this is what it takes to discover herself.
(c) She says that only the people who have found themselves can judge her.
(d) She says that she chose to be this way for her own reasons.

5. How does the narrator characterize Petra’s mother, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) Like a tuft of cotton candy.
(b) Like a wisp of steam from hot coffee.
(c) Like a melting ice cream cone.
(d) Like a lump of butter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "The Resident" characterize the hotel where the Devil’s Throat residency takes place?

2. What does the narrator of "Difficult at Parties" say she expected to see when she looked at her chest?

3. How does the narrator say Benson feels when she lets the girls-with-bells-for-eyes back into her apartment?

4. Who gets blamed for the incorporeal girls in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

5. What confirms to the narrator of "The Resident" that she has arrived at a place from her past?

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