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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 horrible.
(b) You deserve better.
(c) You are going to be reborn.
(d) You are dying.

2. How many dinners does the narrator of "The Resident" miss before Anele comes to check on her?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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

4. What do people who have had the procedure say at restaurants, in "Eight Bites"?
(a) "Thanks, I don’t need any."
(b) "It can’t hurt to have another."
(c) "I’d love some more."
(d) "I couldn’t possibly."

5. How many times does the narrator have "eight bites" after her sister visits her, after she had had the procedure?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) Nine.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does Petra deliver to Glam, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) Food.
(b) Dresses.
(c) Office supplies.
(d) Water bottles.

13. What was Devil’s Throat called before it was Devil’s Throat, in "The Resident"?
(a) Angel’s Mouth.
(b) Child’s Mouth.
(c) Devil’s Staircase.
(d) Angel’s Eye.

14. What does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" compare Glam to?
(a) Tinsel.
(b) Cotton candy.
(c) A coffin.
(d) A black hole.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "The Resident" characterize the hotel where the Devil’s Throat residency takes place?

2. What does the girl in the Brownie song look for?

3. What do Anele and the narrator have to run from after their photo shoot, in "The Resident"?

4. What does Dr. U do to the narrator of "Eight Bites"?

5. What book does the narrator tell Dr. U to read, in "Eight Bites"?

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