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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What housewarming gift did the author's parents bring?
(a) A collection of photographs.
(b) Paintings and a cedar box.
(c) A blanket.
(d) The writings of the author's grandmother.

2. Who checked on the author in a dream?
(a) Aunt Susie.
(b) Tania.
(c) Violet Hilbert.
(d) Uncle Ron.

3. What had the medication for the author's cat been for?
(a) Urinary tract infection.
(b) Ringworm.
(c) Kidney disease.
(d) Hyperthyroidism.

4. What pet did the author have?
(a) Fish.
(b) Cat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Turtle.

5. What was the author's job when she was pregnant?
(a) Barista at a cafe.
(b) Baker.
(c) Waitress at a pizza place.
(d) Server at a dive bar.

6. At the concert with Brandon, what song did the author feel was sung only to her?
(a) This Mess We're In.
(b) Dry.
(c) Down by the Water.
(d) Dress.

7. What kind of plant did the author receive as a Christmas gift?
(a) Crown-of-thorns
(b) Hedgehog aloe.
(c) Eve's pin.
(d) Jade.

8. What did the author wear at her poetry reading?
(a) Her favorite plaid shirt.
(b) Ripped jeans and a band shirt.
(c) A cowboy hat and boots.
(d) A black dress and Doc Martens.

9. Where did the author buy a house?
(a) Tacoma.
(b) Bellingham.
(c) Olympia.
(d) Seattle.

10. What did the settlers call the author's great-great-great-grandmother?
(a) The Last Indian Princess.
(b) Nothing at all.
(c) Little Wolf.
(d) The Chieftain's Daughter.

11. What poem did the author read at the event?
(a) Blue.
(b) A Case of You.
(c) Little Boats.
(d) Temporary.

12. Whose house did the author stay in after leaving Brandon?
(a) Tania's.
(b) Richard's.
(c) Malari's.
(d) Cricket's.

13. Who did Richard and the author compare themselves to?
(a) Westley and Buttercup.
(b) Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen.
(c) Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love.
(d) Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith.

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

15. What concert did Brandon take the author to after her miscarriage?
(a) PJ Harvey.
(b) Bjork.
(c) Liz Phair.
(d) Tori Amos.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the author's great-great-great-grandmother born?

3. What was the author's great-great-great-grandmother named?

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

5. What movie did the author watch after the reading as she tried to sleep?

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