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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator of "The Resident" see having sex with Diego at night?
(a) Lydia.
(b) The painter.
(c) Anele.
(d) Edna.

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

3. What role does Lydia attribute to the narrator of "The Resident"?
(a) Beautiful martyr.
(b) Miserable step-sister.
(c) Madwoman in the attic.
(d) Mother hen.

4. How many of the narrator’s sisters have had the procedure Dr. U performs, in "Eight Bites"?
(a) All of them.
(b) None of them.
(c) Only one.
(d) Two of them.

5. What does the narrator of "The Resident" say her talent is?
(a) Keeping the big picture in mind.
(b) Flipping proportions around.
(c) Seeing the miniscule details of things.
(d) Seeing God in a grain of sand.

6. How does the narrator of "The Resident" characterize the hotel where the Devil’s Throat residency takes place?
(a) As a bloody sore.
(b) As a grand edifice.
(c) As a curious piece of art.
(d) As an infection.

7. How does Natalie hang the dresses at Glam, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) Roughly.
(b) Reverently.
(c) Haphazardly.
(d) Indifferently.

8. What is Edna’s role at Devil’s Throat, in "The Resident"?
(a) Concierge.
(b) Cook.
(c) Director.
(d) Owner.

9. Where does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" find work after Glam?
(a) A university.
(b) A motel.
(c) A warehouse.
(d) A condiment factory.

10. Which woman’s name can the narrator not remember, in "The Resident"?
(a) The filmmaker.
(b) The poet.
(c) The painter.
(d) The sculptor.

11. Who does the narrator of "Eight Bites" say her daughter lives with in Portland?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) A roommate who is not her roommate.

12. When did the reports of women going incorporeal begin?
(a) During the protests.
(b) At the beginning of the war.
(c) At the height of the epidemic.
(d) At the height of the recession.

13. How does the narrator of "Eight Bites" treat her extra self when she catches it in the basement?
(a) She chases it out.
(b) She soothes it.
(c) She beats it.
(d) She feeds it.

14. What does Dr. U do when one of her dogs poops in the hall?
(a) Calls the receptionist.
(b) Asks the narrator to clean it up.
(c) Cleans it up herself.
(d) Ignores it.

15. What is the narrator’s daughter’s feeling about the procedure, in "Eight Bites"?
(a) She is distraught.
(b) She is supportive.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She is angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator’s cottage?

2. Why does the narrator of "The Resident"get pulled over on her way to Devil’s Throat?

3. What business does Petra’s mother run, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

4. What does the policeman have on his lip, in "The Resident"?

5. How does Anele’s photo of the narrator of "The Resident" make her look?

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