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

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" do to keep her son from trying to touch the ribbon?
(a) Slap his hand away.
(b) Distract him by jingling keys.
(c) Shake a can of pennies.
(d) Let him hold it, warily.

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

4. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels when the boy "breaks" her?
(a) Lost in a forest.
(b) Arriving home.
(c) Being abducted.
(d) Lost at sea.

5. How does the narrator of "The Resident" justify her personality after so many episodes with people who find her difficult?
(a) She says that this is what it takes to discover herself.
(b) She says that everyone’s personality is their own cross to bear.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe other people who have had the procedure?

2. What does the narrator of "Difficult at Parties" hear when she puts on the porn films?

3. What is Edna’s role at Devil’s Throat, in "The Resident"?

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

5. What does Benson typically do with her groceries?

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