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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of "Eight Bites" think about herself when she considers her last meal?
(a) You are dying.
(b) You deserve better.
(c) You are going to be reborn.
(d) You are horrible.

2. What does the narrator of "The Resident" say it means to be a resident?
(a) That you have been approved.
(b) That you belong to a new class.
(c) That you can move on now.
(d) That you will be staying for a while.

3. What does the narrator’s mother say leads to a slender waist, in "Eight Bites"?
(a) A closed mouth.
(b) Little forks.
(c) An iron will.
(d) A tiny plate.

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

6. What does the narrator of "Eight Bites" get tired of, that leads her to have the procedure?
(a) Being tired after walking any distances.
(b) Slipping sideways to get through tight spaces.
(c) Her friends’ false voices when they compliment her.
(d) Her knees aching from her weight.

7. How many women are in the entryway when the narrator of "The Resident" arrives?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

8. What is the name of the narrator’s cottage?
(a) Hawk’s Nest.
(b) Mourning Dove.
(c) Cardinal’s Crest.
(d) Raven’s Wing.

9. How does Gizzy try to keep the narrator working at Glam?
(a) She offers to employ the incorporeal girls.
(b) She offers her a promotion.
(c) She offers her a raise.
(d) She offers to purge the incorporeal girls.

10. How does the narrator of "Eight Bites" say her body felt after pregnancy?
(a) Like a hurricane.
(b) Like a construction site.
(c) Like a trashed hotel room.
(d) Like a disaster zone.

11. What does the narrator of "The Resident" say she is driving toward?
(a) A new self.
(b) A completed novel.
(c) A reconciliation with her past.
(d) Fame and fortune.

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

13. Who told the narrator that she should only allow herself eight bites at each meal?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Dr. U.

14. What is Petra’s mother sewing into the dresses she makes?
(a) Taffeta ribbons.
(b) Incorporeal girls.
(c) Sequins.
(d) Lace.

15. What effect does the photo shoot and the subsequent flight have on the narrator of "The Resident"?
(a) It makes her very happy.
(b) It makes her bitter about her past.
(c) It makes her insecure about her body.
(d) It makes her distrustful of Anele.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Petra’s first question to the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies"?

2. What does the narrator of "The Resident" do to treat the raised bumps that appear on her body?

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

4. What does Petra do to try to stop the incorporeality?

5. What kinds of dogs does Dr. U have in her office, in "Eight Bites"?

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