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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robyn's mother call the cuts on Donna's wrists?

2. Who did Donna's mother think composed the piece that Donna made up on the piano?

3. What caused Donna to hallucinate?

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

5. On the swing, Donna could make her neighbor Lina's _____ disappear.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Donna do at work when she didn't have food to eat because Garry's sister had taken the food money for herself?

9. How did Donna understand the content of the stories she read in class?

10. What was Donna's relationship like with the three-year-old daughter of Garry's sister?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Donna discovered the effects that certain foods had on her physical and mental health. Why did she explore this? Where did she go to learn about her eating habits? What eating plan seemed to work for her? What changes did her boss see in her as a result of changes in her diet?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Donna's relationship with Garry. How did he treat her? How did he take advantage of her?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Donna's relationship with her family as a child. How did her mother treat her? Her father? What was their relationship like with each other?

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