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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of piano playing was Donna uninterested in?

2. What did Donna change into after she cut her wrists?

3. What did Donna bring home as she got older to reenact the way Carol brought her home?

4. Donna's job as a _____ lasted three days.

5. What did Donna call it when she stretched her arms out and twirled around?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Donna eat at Robyn's house?

2. How did Donna's father begin to act as she got older?

3. What would sometimes happen when Donna had night terrors?

4. What did Donna think when she saw children in the backyards of their grandmothers?

5. How did Donna feel about the sound of the piano?

6. How did Donna symbolically 'murder part of herself'?

7. What kinds of foods did Donna eat?

8. How did Donna have trouble understanding the concept of a herd of cows?

9. How did Donna ruin the furs at the shop where she worked and what happened as a result?

10. How did Donna's mother make her life intolerable because of the jealousy of her musical abilities?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Donna's relationship with her family as a child. How did her mother treat her? Her father? What was their relationship like with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Donna's relationship with Bryn. How were their lives similar? What did Donna learn about herself in knowing Bryn?

Essay Topic 3

Explain why Donna cut her wrists. What incident prompted this? Whose house did Donna go to for help? What reason did she give Mary for her behavior?

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