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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator of "The Resident" characterize the building at Devil’s Throat?
(a) Sturdy.
(b) Outdated.
(c) Tacky.
(d) Flimsy.

2. What does the narrator get in her mouth when Petra kisses her?
(a) Petra’s contact lens.
(b) Petra’s shirt.
(c) Petra’s hair.
(d) Petra’s necklace.

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

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

5. How old is Petra when her incorporeality begins?
(a) 22.
(b) 29.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Petra’s mother sewing into the dresses she makes?

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

5. What does the narrator of "Eight Bites" get tired of, that leads her to have the procedure?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Eight Bites", What is the narrator’s final meal like?

2. What does the narrator’s daughter think about the operation she wants to have in "Eight Bites"?

3. What ‘incident’ took place when the narrator of "The Resident" was a child, which she is now returning to as an adult?

4. What is the significance of the name of the location where C——‘s residency takes place in "The Resident"?

5. What kind of operation does the narrator of "Eight Bites" go in for?

6. How is "The Resident" different from the other stories?

7. What is the narrator’s health like, in "The Resident," and how does it affect the story?

8. What is the thing the narrator of "Eight Bites"has been hearing around her house?

9. What is the narrator’s role in Anele’s project called "the Artists"?

10. How does the public first learn of the women who are "going incorporeal" in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

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