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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the narrator of "Eight Bites" say her body felt after pregnancy?
(a) Like a construction site.
(b) Like a trashed hotel room.
(c) Like a disaster zone.
(d) Like a hurricane.

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

4. What does the narrator of "Eight Bites" think about herself when she considers her last meal?
(a) You are horrible.
(b) You deserve better.
(c) You are going to be reborn.
(d) You are dying.

5. What does the policeman have on his lip, in "The Resident"?
(a) Frosting.
(b) Soup.
(c) Spinach.
(d) A cold sore.

6. What does Dr. U do when one of her dogs poops in the hall?
(a) Cleans it up herself.
(b) Calls the receptionist.
(c) Ignores it.
(d) Asks the narrator to clean it up.

7. What does Petra do to try to stop the incorporeality?
(a) Use special lotions.
(b) Drink milk.
(c) Eat spinach.
(d) Take dietary supplements.

8. 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 Salt.
(d) A restaurant called Minnie’s.

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

10. How does the narrator of "The Resident" justify her personality after so many episodes with people who find her difficult?
(a) She says that only the people who have found themselves can judge her.
(b) She says that she chose to be this way for her own reasons.
(c) She says that everyone’s personality is their own cross to bear.
(d) She says that this is what it takes to discover herself.

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

12. How many of the narrator’s sisters have had the procedure Dr. U performs, in "Eight Bites"?
(a) Two of them.
(b) Only one.
(c) None of them.
(d) All of them.

13. What business does Petra’s mother run, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) A gas station.
(b) A motel.
(c) A photography studio.
(d) A clothing store.

14. What question is the narrator of "The Resident" trying to figure out in relation to her novel?
(a) How to maximize the main character’s suffering.
(b) How to extricate the main character from her troubles.
(c) How to create a believable back story for the main character’s predicament.
(d) How to make the main character’s troubles believable.

15. How does the narrator of "The Resident" characterize the hotel where the Devil’s Throat residency takes place?
(a) As a bloody sore.
(b) As a curious piece of art.
(c) As a grand edifice.
(d) As an infection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the décor of Glam remind its customers of?

2. What is Petra’s first question to the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies"?

3. How many times does the narrator have "eight bites" after her sister visits her, after she had had the procedure?

4. How does the narrator of "The Resident" characterize the building at Devil’s Throat?

5. How old is Petra when her incorporeality begins?

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