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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator of "Eight Bites" go for her last meal before surgery?
(a) A restaurant called Jack’s.
(b) A restaurant called Salt.
(c) A restaurant called Minnie’s.
(d) A restaurant called Peppercorn.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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 only the people who have found themselves can judge her.
(c) She says that she chose to be this way for her own reasons.
(d) She says that this is what it takes to discover herself.

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

10. Who gets blamed for the incorporeal girls in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) The fashion industry.
(b) Petrochemical companies.
(c) Nuclear reactors.
(d) Agribusiness.

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

12. What does the narrator of "The Resident" hit on her way to Devil’s Throat?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A moose.

13. How does the narrator describe other people who have had the procedure?
(a) Robust.
(b) Svelte.
(c) Withered.
(d) Bony.

14. What does the narrator of "The Resident" send to her wife?
(a) A backup of her novel.
(b) A rabbit’s foot.
(c) A photo of her room.
(d) A note to say she arrived.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "The Resident" say the hotel resembles?

2. What does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" do once she realizes that she is going incorporeal as well as Petra?

3. Who does the narrator of "Eight Bites" say her daughter lives with in Portland?

4. What does the narrator compare Petra to, when she sits on top of her?

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

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