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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. The tiny, transparent creatures that hovered over Donna when she tried to fall asleep were what she called _____.

2. What did Donna love in school when she was placed in the special class?

3. Who was the smartest girl in school, according to Donna?

4. Where did Donna work after the storeroom job?

5. Donna called herself a _____ because of her double-jointed limberness.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. How did Donna's mother react to her taking ballet classes?

5. What would sometimes happen when Donna had night terrors?

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

7. What happened when Donna's mother was going to put her into a children's home?

8. What was Donna's first dream about?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Donna's relationship with her Aunty Linda as she got older. What were her aunt's explanations for these questions? How did Donna react to hearing about the violence of her childhood?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Carol's role in Donna's life. How and why did Donna take on this persona? What role did the Carol persona have in Donna's social expression of herself?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Donna's relationship with Bryn. How were their lives similar? What did Donna learn about herself in knowing Bryn?

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