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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. What is Petra’s first question to the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) You getting off soon?
(b) You like it here?
(c) Want to see the workshop?
(d) Want to go for coffee?

2. What quality best suits the narrator’s co-worker Natalie?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Elegance.
(d) Curiosity.

3. How long is it, after the doctor says that he might have to perform a Caesarean section delivery, that the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" gives birth?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) Six hours.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Ten hours.

4. What did Bad do to the narrator of "Mothers" on the "last night of us" (61)?
(a) Threw her into a wall.
(b) Punched her in the face.
(c) Told her she had always loved her.
(d) Throw a glass of wine in her face.

5. Why does the narrator of "The Resident"get pulled over on her way to Devil’s Throat?
(a) Driving under the influence.
(b) Speeding.
(c) Weaving in traffic.
(d) Broken taillight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator of "The Resident" plan to do after this residency?

3. What metaphor does Father Jones use to compare the girl who fell off the roof?

4. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say her husband caresses her ribbon?

5. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe the boy she meets in the beginning of the story?

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