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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Carver" - "The Riverbank".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author do when Brandon asked her how long she was going to allow her trauma to be her whole life?
(a) She ran away.
(b) She decided not to let trauma be her whole life.
(c) She stabbed him with the cake knife.
(d) She slapped him.

2. What did the author's great-great-grandmother always travel with?
(a) A roll of linoleum.
(b) A cedar box.
(c) A knife.
(d) A doll.

3. What did the author think was a bad omen or curse?
(a) Her postive test.
(b) Her lights burning out.
(c) Her school assignment.
(d) Her pendant breaking.

4. What color was the author's lipstick at the reading?
(a) Cherry red.
(b) Terracotta brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Fire-engine red.

5. What was the initial reason that the author cannot join Brandon in Australia?
(a) His band had a no-girlfriends rule.
(b) She would be busy with her graduate program.
(c) She could not afford it.
(d) She could not get her passport in time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Hole song did the author sing along to as she walked in the neighborhood?

2. Who did the author show the nursery to?

3. What did the author do with the land she inherited?

4. What concert did Brandon take the author to after her miscarriage?

5. When she went away for the weekend, what did the author want to do aside from visiting friends?

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