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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Donna bring with her to Trish's house?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A little suitcase.
(c) Her brother's book.
(d) A garbage bag.

2. As she got older, Donna's _____ became her only sense of realness.
(a) Hatred.
(b) Home life.
(c) Brother.
(d) Chatter.

3. What was the main thing Terry taught Donna to do?
(a) Drink vodka.
(b) Smoke cigarettes.
(c) Throw firecrackers.
(d) Sign language.

4. What made Donna look like she was on drugs?
(a) The hairstyle she wore.
(b) Her huge pupils.
(c) Her erratic facial movements.
(d) The scratches on her arms.

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

6. What did Mr. Reynolds announce that caused Donna to bang her head on the desk the last week of school?
(a) His leaving teaching.
(b) His marriage.
(c) His divorce.
(d) His moving to Europe.

7. Who did Donna's mother think composed the piece that Donna made up on the piano?
(a) Bach.
(b) Schubert.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Mozart.

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

9. What color was the chalk on the blackboard ledge in Donna's reading class that she stared at?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Pink.
(d) White.

10. What did Donna's older brother call her?
(a) A loose cannon.
(b) A spastic.
(c) A bird girl.
(d) A moron.

11. What did Terry call Donna when they finally spoke to each other for the first time?
(a) Pretty.
(b) Cool.
(c) Infantile.
(d) Mad.

12. Donna felt _____ when she didn't speak.
(a) Unconscious.
(b) Sick.
(c) Deaf.
(d) Clouded.

13. Aside from the painkillers that Donna was put on for rheumatism, the doctor prescribed _____.
(a) Migraine medication.
(b) Nerve tablets.
(c) Stomach soothers.
(d) Blood thinners.

14. Donna had to catch a bus and a _____ to get to her school, which was three suburbs away from her house.
(a) Tram.
(b) Carpool.
(c) Cab.
(d) Train.

15. What was the time period that Donna would stay in a flat during the time she was with Chris?
(a) Two years.
(b) Two months.
(c) Four months.
(d) Four weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Donna characterizes the voice of her teacher in the last year of primary school as _____.

2. What did Donna do to one of her school folders that she mended with household paint?

3. What was Donna's mother's main fear about Donna as she got older?

4. What was the name of Chris's friend who moved into the spare room in Donna's flat?

5. What kind of dog did Donna's brother Tom begin sleeping with at the age of three?

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