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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Donna call it when she stretched her arms out and twirled around?
(a) The whizzies.
(b) The orbits.
(c) The dizzies.
(d) The whirlies.

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

3. Donna characterizes Chris as a _____.
(a) Neanderthal.
(b) Playboy.
(c) Ragamuffin.
(d) Male spinster.

4. What did Donna do every time her mother slapped her at home?
(a) Smile.
(b) Tap dance.
(c) Sing.
(d) Cry.

5. What was Donna's motivation to interact with people?
(a) To please people.
(b) To prove her sanity.
(c) To stave off loneliness.
(d) To get rewards.

6. What did Donna love in school when she was placed in the special class?
(a) Dolls.
(b) Letters.
(c) Glue.
(d) Numbers.

7. On the swing, Donna could make her neighbor Lina's _____ disappear.
(a) Roof.
(b) Hair.
(c) Backyard.
(d) Eyes.

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

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

10. What time did Donna usually wake up in the morning as a child?
(a) Noon.
(b) Two o'clock.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Ten o'clock.

11. With what did Donna cut her face when her father came home one day?
(a) A broken bottle.
(b) A kitchen knife.
(c) A piece of broken china.
(d) A piece of window glass.

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

13. One of the things that would make the world slow down for Donna was _____.
(a) Screaming.
(b) Running.
(c) Eating.
(d) Blinking.

14. Donna's fear of _____ actually protected her from possible sexual advances.
(a) Men.
(b) Voices.
(c) Her mother's wrath.
(d) Being touched.

15. For Donna, life was a _____.
(a) Constant craving.
(b) Bowl of cherries.
(c) Movie theater.
(d) Nuisance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of accent did Donna use with the teacher that she liked at the last school she attended?

2. What became important to Mr. Reynolds at the end of the school year where Donna had done poorly?

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

4. What had Trish loaned Donna when she went to stay with her?

5. Donna felt _____ when she didn't speak.

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