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

2. How does the narrator of "The Resident" justify her personality after so many episodes with people who find her difficult?
(a) She says that everyone’s personality is their own cross to bear.
(b) She says that she chose to be this way for her own reasons.
(c) She says that this is what it takes to discover herself.
(d) She says that only the people who have found themselves can judge her.

3. What does the narrator of "Eight Bites" order for her last meal?
(a) Clam chowder.
(b) Steak.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Oysters.

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

5. What does Petra do to try to stop the incorporeality?
(a) Use special lotions.
(b) Drink milk.
(c) Eat spinach.
(d) Take dietary supplements.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What does the décor of Glam remind its customers of?
(a) A museum.
(b) Mortality.
(c) Candy.
(d) Youth.

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

15. What do Anele and the narrator have to run from after their photo shoot, in "The Resident"?
(a) An avalanche.
(b) Bees.
(c) A bear.
(d) A thunderstorm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many dinners does the narrator of "The Resident" miss before Anele comes to check on her?

3. Where does the narrator of "Eight Bites" go for her last meal before surgery?

4. How many of the narrator’s sisters have had the procedure Dr. U performs, in "Eight Bites"?

5. What does the narrator’s mother say leads to a slender waist, in "Eight Bites"?

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