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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 do Anele and the narrator have to run from after their photo shoot, in "The Resident"?
(a) An avalanche.
(b) Bees.
(c) A bear.
(d) A thunderstorm.

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(c) Outdated.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

3. What does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" say her boss Gizzy has lost?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her career.
(d) Her parents.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" treat the dresses after she sees them in Petra’s mother’s workshop?

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

4. What is the narrator’s daughter’s feeling about the procedure, in "Eight Bites"?

5. What does the narrator of "The Resident" hit on her way to Devil’s Throat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the narrator characterize the Glam store in the beginning of "Real Women Have Bodies"?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Petra’s increasing incorporeality affect her relationship with the narrator?

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