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

2. What does the narrator’s mother say leads to a slender waist, in "Eight Bites"?
(a) Little forks.
(b) An iron will.
(c) A tiny plate.
(d) A closed mouth.

3. What does the narrator of "The Resident" do to treat the raised bumps that appear on her body?
(a) Apply lotion to them.
(b) Pierce them with a needle.
(c) Bandage them tightly.
(d) Ignore them.

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

5. What is the name of the narrator’s cottage?
(a) Hawk’s Nest.
(b) Mourning Dove.
(c) Cardinal’s Crest.
(d) Raven’s Wing.

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. Who does the narrator of "The Resident" see having sex with Diego at night?

4. Why does the narrator of "The Resident"get pulled over on her way to Devil’s Throat?

5. What book does the narrator tell Dr. U to read, in "Eight Bites"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the narrator’s relationship like with Petra, in the beginning of "Real Women Have Bodies"?

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

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

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

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

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