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

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

3. When does the narrator of "Eight Bites"say she gained most of her weight?
(a) After pregnancy.
(b) After high school.
(c) After college.
(d) After marriage.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" find work after Glam?

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

3. What does the narrator get in her mouth when Petra kisses her?

4. How does the narrator of "The Resident" imagine her drive into the mountains?

5. What was Devil’s Throat called before it was Devil’s Throat, in "The Resident"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the narrator’s co-worker Natalie like, as a co-worker in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

3. What kind of relationship develops between the narrator and Petra in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

4. What is it that brings C—— back to the camp where she had been a girl?

5. What project does the author plan to work on at Devil’s Mouth?

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

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

8. In "The Resident," what does The Painter say that the narrator feels she has heard before?

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

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

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