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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "The Resident".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of "The Resident" say it means to be a resident?
(a) That you have been approved.
(b) That you will be staying for a while.
(c) That you belong to a new class.
(d) That you can move on now.

2. What is the narrator’s husband’s response, to her answer about whether the ribbon is secret?
(a) He falls asleep angry.
(b) He makes her pay for keeping it to herself.
(c) He forgives her and withdraws.
(d) He threatens to hold her and untie it by force.

3. How does the narrator describe other people who have had the procedure?
(a) Robust.
(b) Svelte.
(c) Bony.
(d) Withered.

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she told a story about at the supermarket, when she was young?
(a) Eyes in the grapes.
(b) Nails in the seafood.
(c) Toes in the potatoes.
(d) Fingers in the chicken.

5. What is Edna’s role at Devil’s Throat, in "The Resident"?
(a) Concierge.
(b) Director.
(c) Cook.
(d) Owner.

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 "Mothers" describe Bad?

3. When the narrator’s husband asks if the ribbon is secret, what does she tell him?

4. How does Anele’s photo of the narrator of "The Resident" make her look?

5. What does pregnancy do to the narrator and her husband’s desire for each other, in "The Husband Stitch"?

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