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

2. 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 weeks.
(d) Four months.

3. What language did Lina and her mother primarily speak at home?
(a) Polish.
(b) Italian.
(c) Croatian.
(d) Portuguese.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To Donna, the children's home was a _____.

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

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

4. What does Donna call the first compromise she had found between Donna and Carol?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Donna's mother make her life intolerable because of the jealousy of her musical abilities?

2. How did Donna ruin the furs at the shop where she worked and what happened as a result?

3. How did Donna treat friendships that she had with other kids?

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

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

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

7. What kinds of foods did Donna eat?

8. Why did Tom come to Donna's flat and what happened as a result?

9. How did Donna have trouble understanding the concept of a herd of cows?

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

(see the answer keys)

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