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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, who does Deborah say she met next at the party?
(a) Her ex.
(b) Her best male friend.
(c) Her lover.
(d) The Man Who Cried at the Funeral.

2. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she repaired in her house?
(a) The heating.
(b) The lights.
(c) The washer.
(d) The plumbing.

3. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say her older daughter did?
(a) Get a boyfriend.
(b) Go to college.
(c) Go to America.
(d) Move in.

4. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say she saw?
(a) A budding flower.
(b) An artichoke.
(c) A bright caterpillar.
(d) A silly pigeon.

5. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she saw around her lamp?
(a) Ladybugs.
(b) Birds.
(c) Bees.
(d) Children.

6. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say the young woman did when she talked to the older man?
(a) Collapsed into dust.
(b) Collapsed to Big Silver.
(c) Collapsed to the floor.
(d) Collapsed a social boundary.

7. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, how does Deborah say her father had taught her to check if fruit was ripe?
(a) If it felt like a firm earlobe at the extremities.
(b) If it was brown.
(c) If it was green.
(d) By taste.

8. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what does Deborah say is Mervvy's full name?
(a) Mervin.
(b) Myfanwy.
(c) Mervvy the One Eyed Dog of War.
(d) Marvelous.

9. In Chapter Five: Gravity, whose hut does Deborah say she thought of assembling for herself?
(a) Lavelli's.
(b) Archie's.
(c) Bennet's.
(d) Heidegger's.

10. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, why does Deborah say she had energy?
(a) Because she borrowed from others.
(b) Because her friends supported her.
(c) Because she had no choice.
(d) Because she had money.

11. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say her marriage is?
(a) "An avocado on the counter that will never ripen" (6).
(b) "Bad" (6).
(c) "The ghost that will always haunt [her] life" (6).
(d) "Good" (6).

12. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say about this time in the house?
(a) It was her most professionally busy time.
(b) She could not get work.
(c) She could not get paid.
(d) She was tired.

13. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what does Deborah say she looked through?
(a) Old writing and journals.
(b) Old photographs.
(c) Her records.
(d) Her old novels.

14. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say Big Silver said he was?
(a) A lover.
(b) A poltergeist.
(c) A drifter.
(d) A musician.

15. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what does Deborah say Celia baked throughout the year?
(a) Peach crumble.
(b) Apple crumble.
(c) Apple pie.
(d) Cherry pie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she called the corridors?

2. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say she said about a tempest?

3. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say about children growing up in the patriarchy story?

4. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say was above the water when the woman came up?

5. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say she saw when she resurfaced?

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