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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. Which woman’s name can the narrator not remember, in "The Resident"?
(a) The filmmaker.
(b) The painter.
(c) The poet.
(d) The sculptor.

2. What does the narrator compare Petra to, when she sits on top of her?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A werewolf.
(c) A vampire.
(d) A Madonna.

3. How does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" describe Petra in her first interactions with her?
(a) Sublime.
(b) Cheery.
(c) Inviting.
(d) Morbid.

4. What does the narrator compare the girls-with-bells-for-eyes to?
(a) Dali’s melted clocks.
(b) Picasso’s portraits of women.
(c) Diego Rivera’s peasants.
(d) Diane Arbus portraits.

5. Who told the narrator that she should only allow herself eight bites at each meal?
(a) Dr. U.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "Eight Bites" think about herself when she considers her last meal?

2. How does the narrator of "Mothers" describe Bad?

3. Whose ghost haunts Benson?

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the moral of the story about the girl who died when her wedding dress had been exposed to embalming fluid?

5. Who is abducted by a demon?

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