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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 was Donna's motivation to interact with people?

2. What was the local haunt outside the place where Donna worked?

3. What kind of dog did Donna's brother Tom begin sleeping with at the age of three?

4. For Donna, the air was full of _____.

5. What made Donna look like she was on drugs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of foods did Donna eat?

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

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

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

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

6. How did Donna feel about the sound of the piano?

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

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

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

10. What did Donna do to one of her dolls as a result of feeling that something was missing in her life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Donna's feelings about violence. What violence did she experience as a child? How did she react to this violence? What was more threatening to Donna's sensibilities than violence? How was this different from the way she perceived that other people lived?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Donna's relationship with her friend, Trish. What happened on the first night she spent at Trish's house? What did Trish's mother say that had a deep emotional impact on Donna? How did it affect Donna as she grew older?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the dynamic between Donna, Karen, and Tim. Which of Donna's personalities was at the forefront in this social situation? How did Karen affect the relationship between Donna and Tim?

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