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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 Nine: Night Wandering, where does Deborah say she would buy the ice lollies from?
(a) The hospital.
(b) Online.
(c) A store owned by three Turkish brothers.
(d) The supermarket.

2. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say she was going to do?
(a) Vacation.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Dinner.
(d) A breakfast interview.

3. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say Clara was?
(a) A writer.
(b) A distinguished professor.
(c) A hacker.
(d) An artist.

4. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she felt after her mother's death?
(a) Disorientated.
(b) Sick.
(c) Alone.
(d) Afraid.

5. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say Clara said about shortening the past?
(a) It is best.
(b) It is to silence knowledge.
(c) It makes life livable.
(d) It makes her happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what did the sign on the fountain say according to Debra?

2. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say she boarded?

3. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say we do not want our mothers to be?

4. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, who does Deborah say also rode with her and the Crying Man?

5. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, why does Deborah say she said life is worth living in her quoted writing?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what possession from her mother does Deborah say she kept? What touched her most about this?

2. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Bluish Darkness, what meeting does Deborah say she went to? How did she feel at the meeting?

3. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, who does Deborah say she met? What did Deborah advise?

4. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what of Deborah's old house items does she say Clara picked up, and what does Clara say about them? What metaphor does she say Clara apply to this?

5. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, who does Deborah say were her companions on the train? How does she say they interacted?

6. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, who does Deborah say appeared in her house? Why does Debrah say she was wary seeing her?

7. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, where does Deborah say she saw the word "winterized"? How did she apply this to herself?

8. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what are the two quotes that Deborah cites at the end of the chapter? How do they apply to her marriage?

9. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, how does Deborah say she remembered her journey to Britain as a child? How does she say she thinks of it later?

10. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, how does Deborah say she compared herself to Simone de Beauvoir? How are their lives similar and different?

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