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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 effect does the photo shoot and the subsequent flight have on the narrator of "The Resident"?
(a) It makes her insecure about her body.
(b) It makes her very happy.
(c) It makes her distrustful of Anele.
(d) It makes her bitter about her past.

2. What is the woman doing on the TV at the gas station on the narrator’s way to Devil’s Throat, in "The Resident"?
(a) Kissing another girl.
(b) Waving her arms in a field.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Eating in a dining hall.

3. What kind of illness does the narrator of "The Resident" come down with?
(a) Cold.
(b) Fever.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Shingles.

4. Who unpacks the narrator’s car, of "The Resident"?
(a) Anele.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Benjamin.
(d) Edna.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does the narrator of "Eight Bites"say she gained most of her weight?

3. What does the narrator of "The Resident" find on the third day of her walks around the lake?

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

5. What does the girl in the Brownie song look for?

Short Essay Questions

1. in "The Resident," what is the "Brownie song," and what role does it play in the story?

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

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

4. Why do the narrator of "Eight Bites" and her sisters want this operation?

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

6. What kind of manager is Gizzy in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

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

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

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

10. What is the narrator’s final act before she goes incorporeal in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

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