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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Donna's grandfather used to play with _____ to amuse her.
(a) Broken bits of wood.
(b) Lincoln logs.
(c) Liquid mercury balls.
(d) A ham radio.

2. What was the name of Chris's friend who moved into the spare room in Donna's flat?
(a) Lukas.
(b) John.
(c) Peter.
(d) Garry.

3. What aspect of piano playing was Donna uninterested in?
(a) Playing by ear.
(b) Sheet music.
(c) The tinkling sound.
(d) The feel of the keys.

4. The two new children in Donna's class were called _____ by the other children.
(a) Zombies.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Outsiders.
(d) Yankees.

5. What did Donna's roommates tell Garry to do when he was beating on Donna?
(a) Stop hurting her.
(b) Close the door.
(c) Call the police on her.
(d) Take it outside.

6. What did Robyn's mother call the cuts on Donna's wrists?
(a) Tattoos.
(b) Burns.
(c) Scratches.
(d) Artwork.

7. What sort of accent did Donna use with the teacher that she liked at the last school she attended?
(a) America.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Canadian.

8. What color was Sara's hair?
(a) Chocolate brown.
(b) Raven black.
(c) White blonde.
(d) Bright red.

9. How did Donna feel around her older brother when he would come to visit?
(a) Like she was on automatic pilot.
(b) Like she was his maid.
(c) Like she was under her mother's bed.
(d) Like she was a princess.

10. Donna's Aunty Linda said she had _____ hair.
(a) Cottony.
(b) Doll.
(c) Fairy.
(d) Coarse.

11. What did the doctor give to Donna to keep her occupied when she visited?
(a) A doll in a car.
(b) A multi-colored cardboard wheel.
(c) A set of crayons and a coloring book.
(d) An edition of Highlights magazine.

12. To Donna, the children's home was a _____.
(a) Dormitory.
(b) Factory.
(c) Prison.
(d) School.

13. What did Donna do to one of her school folders that she mended with household paint?
(a) Left in a sink full of water.
(b) Shredded the cover.
(c) Dragged in the mud.
(d) Wrote profanity on.

14. What was the name of Donna's first chosen school friend?
(a) Sandra.
(b) Karen.
(c) Mimi.
(d) Ally.

15. What did Donna bring home as she got older to reenact the way Carol brought her home?
(a) A kitten.
(b) A puppy.
(c) An apple.
(d) A grasshopper.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what did Donna cut her face when her father came home one day?

2. What did Donna's older brother call her?

3. What did the use of color in drawings represent to Donna that was too much for her?

4. The Hogan's backyard had _____ in it.

5. What language did Lina and her mother primarily speak at home?

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