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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long a drive is the residency from C——‘s home, in "The Resident"?
(a) Two days.
(b) Half an hour.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Four hours.

2. 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 an infection.
(c) As a curious piece of art.
(d) As a grand edifice.

3. What does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" do once she realizes that she is going incorporeal as well as Petra?
(a) Plots an act of terrorism.
(b) Frees the incorporeal girls from the dresses at Glam.
(c) Gets Petra’s mother to sew her into a dress.
(d) Stitches herself to Petra.

4. What does the narrator of "The Resident" plan to do after this residency?
(a) Get out of town and never go back.
(b) Stand on her own.
(c) Support other artists.
(d) Repay the people who supported her.

5. How many months would it take the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" to make enough to by the most expensive dress?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) One month.
(d) Two months.

6. What does the narrator of "The Resident" find on her steps one morning?
(a) A dove’s wing.
(b) A robin’s egg.
(c) Half a rabbit.
(d) A hawk’s beak.

7. What does the narrator of "The Resident" find on the third day of her walks around the lake?
(a) A dock.
(b) A hat.
(c) A rowboat.
(d) A canoe.

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

9. What does the narrator compare Petra to, when she sits on top of her?
(a) A vampire.
(b) A werewolf.
(c) A Madonna.
(d) A ghost.

10. What does the narrator of "The Resident" say the hotel resembles?
(a) A piece of salt-water taffy.
(b) A piece of popcorn.
(c) A movie house.
(d) A hospital.

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

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

13. How old is Petra when her incorporeality begins?
(a) 22.
(b) 29.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

14. What does the policeman have on his lip, in "The Resident"?
(a) Spinach.
(b) A cold sore.
(c) Frosting.
(d) Soup.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Petra and the narrator spend their time once Petra’s incorporeality begins, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

2. Who told the narrator that she should only allow herself eight bites at each meal?

3. What does the narrator of "Eight Bites" think about herself when she considers her last meal?

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

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

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