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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 "Real Women Have Bodies" find work after Glam?
(a) A university.
(b) A warehouse.
(c) A condiment factory.
(d) A motel.

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

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

4. What does Dr. U do when one of her dogs poops in the hall?
(a) Calls the receptionist.
(b) Asks the narrator to clean it up.
(c) Cleans it up herself.
(d) Ignores it.

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

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

7. What does Dr. U do to the narrator of "Eight Bites"?
(a) Remove tumors.
(b) Fill cavities.
(c) Remove fat tissue.
(d) Implant enhancements.

8. What book does the narrator tell Dr. U to read, in "Eight Bites"?
(a) The girl with the yellow ribbon and other ghost stories.
(b) Make way for ducklings.
(c) The telltale heart.
(d) Ping the duck.

9. How does the narrator characterize Petra’s mother, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) Like a melting ice cream cone.
(b) Like a wisp of steam from hot coffee.
(c) Like a tuft of cotton candy.
(d) Like a lump of butter.

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

11. How does Petra test the incorporeality of her hands, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) By putting it in a fire.
(b) By slicing it with a knife.
(c) By cutting it with a broken glass.
(d) By stabbing herself with a dart.

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

13. How does the narrator of "Eight Bites" treat her extra self when she catches it in the basement?
(a) She chases it out.
(b) She soothes it.
(c) She beats it.
(d) She feeds it.

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

15. How does Anele’s photo of the narrator of "The Resident" make her look?
(a) Alluring.
(b) Gorgeous.
(c) Quizzical.
(d) Dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman doing on the TV at the gas station on the narrator’s way to Devil’s Throat, in "The Resident"?

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

3. Which woman’s name can the narrator not remember, in "The Resident"?

4. How does the narrator of "The Resident" characterize her novel?

5. When does the narrator of "Eight Bites" imagine she will reconcile herself with her extra self?

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