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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, "Difficult at Parties".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the narrator at the beginning of "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) 12.
(b) 42.
(c) 21.
(d) 17.

2. What does the décor of Glam remind its customers of?
(a) A museum.
(b) Mortality.
(c) Candy.
(d) Youth.

3. How does the narrator of "Inventory" say that the virus ended up getting to her home?
(a) It overcame their protective measures.
(b) She got careless.
(c) She invited it in.
(d) It was inevitable.

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

5. In the story of the pioneer husband and wife, in "The Husband Stitch," what happens to the child?
(a) She becomes a wood nymph.
(b) She turns feral.
(c) She is rescued by gypsies.
(d) She dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the daughter find, when she gets back to the hotel, in the story of the daughter in Paris?

2. How does the narrator of "The Resident" characterize her novel?

3. What quality best suits the narrator’s co-worker Natalie?

4. Who told the narrator that she should only allow herself eight bites at each meal?

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

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