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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am - Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, who does Deborah tell us were Simone de Beauvoir's lovers?
(a) Satre and Algren.
(b) Deborah.
(c) None.
(d) Satre.

2. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she felt after her mother's death?
(a) Alone.
(b) Disorientated.
(c) Sick.
(d) Afraid.

3. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what possession from her mother does Deborah say she treasured?
(a) A postcard from Cape Town.
(b) A postcard from Johannesburg.
(c) A postcard from America.
(d) A postcard from Amsterdam.

4. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she and her daughter ate for breakfast?
(a) Olives.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Peeled apples.
(d) Peeled oranges.

5. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what does Deborah say is Mervvy's full name?
(a) Mervvy the One Eyed Dog of War.
(b) Marvelous.
(c) Myfanwy.
(d) Mervin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, where was the apartment Deborah says she moved to?

2. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, where does Deborah say her mother was from?

3. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, how does Deborah say her father had taught her to check if fruit was ripe?

4. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, with whom does Deborah say she talked in her shed?

5. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say the artists she thought of said of emotions and grief?

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