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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. What business does Petra’s mother run, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) A motel.
(b) A clothing store.
(c) A gas station.
(d) A photography studio.

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

3. What is Petra’s first question to the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) You like it here?
(b) You getting off soon?
(c) Want to see the workshop?
(d) Want to go for coffee?

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

5. 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 stabbing herself with a dart.
(d) By cutting it with a broken glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe other people who have had the procedure?

2. What confirms to the narrator of "The Resident" that she has arrived at a place from her past?

3. What does the policeman have on his lip, in "The Resident"?

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

5. How does the narrator of "Eight Bites" say her body felt after pregnancy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony the narrator of "Eight Bites"notices about Dr. U?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the narrator’s relationship like, with her shadow self in "Eight Bites"?

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

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

10. In "The Resident," what are the other artists like, at the residency?

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