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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 color was the chalk on the blackboard ledge in Donna's reading class that she stared at?

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

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

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

5. What did Donna's mother throw at her when she came into the shop where Donna was working and figured out that she had lost all her money?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. What kinds of foods did Donna eat?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explain why Donna cut her wrists. What incident prompted this? Whose house did Donna go to for help? What reason did she give Mary for her behavior?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Donna's mother and brother began to tease her when she was twelve. What was the dynamic between the two of them? How did Donna's brother mock her? What effect did this have on Donna?

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