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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. Donna's little brother frightened her because he made her feel _____.
(a) Real.
(b) Smart.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Fake.

2. What was Donna fascinated with the feel of as a teenager?
(a) The floor.
(b) Running water.
(c) The wind.
(d) Fur.

3. Donna's job as a _____ lasted three days.
(a) Law clerk.
(b) Daycare worker.
(c) Cook.
(d) Machinist.

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

5. Donna had a fascination with _____, which her father often indulged with a story about them.
(a) Plastic animals.
(b) Large smooth objects.
(c) Wooden relics.
(d) Small fancy things.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color was Sara's hair?

3. What did Mr. Reynolds announce that caused Donna to bang her head on the desk the last week of school?

4. Donna's fear of _____ actually protected her from possible sexual advances.

5. Donna had to catch a bus and a _____ to get to her school, which was three suburbs away from her house.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Donna's first dream about?

2. What did the history teacher at Donna's last school like to talk about in class?

3. What was significant about the carpet in Donna's attic?

4. What was 'wonking' to Donna? What did this mean to her mother?

5. How did Donna symbolically 'murder part of herself'?

6. How did Donna's father begin to act as she got older?

7. How did Donna eat at Robyn's house?

8. Why did Donna have trouble learning math in the "Country Infant Room"?

9. What did Donna do when her classmates got violent with Sara and the new boy in her primary school class?

10. What kind of person was Chris and how did he take advantage of Donna?

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