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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say she was unmaking?
(a) The home she loved.
(b) The home she despised.
(c) The home she spent most of life building.
(d) The home she hated.

3. In Chapter Five: Body Electric, what does Deborah say she thought she was doing?
(a) Passing from one life to another.
(b) Dying.
(c) Passing from one hour to another.
(d) Rebirthing.

4. In Chapter Five: Gravity, who does Deborah say helped her?
(a) Cecilia.
(b) Celia.
(c) Antic.
(d) Anne.

5. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah discuss metaphorically falling apart?
(a) The Family Home.
(b) Society and the Patriarchal Story.
(c) Her ex.
(d) People.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Debra say she and her husband did with the family home?

2. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what does Deborah say Celia lent her?

3. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what film does Deborah say she had watched with her ex?

4. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she repaired in her house?

5. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what does Deborah say Clara can do?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, who does Deborah say she met later at the party? What did this person update her about their life?

2. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, who does Deborah say was named "Big Silver"? Why was he called this?

3. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say she resented most about her divorce? How does she say she thought of her unhappiness?

4. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, who does Deborah say she was annoyed by? Why did this person annoy her this way?

5. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say holds together the family home? What does Deborah say is the disintegration of this story?

6. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what metaphor from earlier in the book did Deborah apply to the party she went to? How did she apply this metaphor to women?

7. In Chapter Five: Gravity, who does Deborah say came to her rescue? How did this person rescue her?

8. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say the young woman talked about? What did the man say in response?

9. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, who does Deborah say she met at a funeral? What was his story?

10. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, how does Deborah apply the Big Silver metaphor to herself? How does she say she applied it to in her own life?

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