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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 Nine: Night Wandering, who does Deborah say her mother married?
(a) A rich Jewish man.
(b) A penniless Jewish historian.
(c) Nelson Mandela.
(d) A rich older man.

2. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say Clara said her mother's life was for?
(a) Creating.
(b) Rapping.
(c) Birthing.
(d) Dying.

3. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say we expect our mothers to do?
(a) Cook.
(b) Clean.
(c) Write.
(d) Know our anxieties and feelings.

4. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she becomes in grief?
(a) Alone.
(b) A magnet for others who are lost.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

5. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what does Deborah say she struggled to pronounce?
(a) Her own name.
(b) A word.
(c) A swear word.
(d) A line from her book about her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say she boarded?

2. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say she remembered?

3. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, where does Deborah say she would buy the ice lollies from?

4. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, who does Deborah say also rode with her and the Crying Man?

5. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what does Deborah say a life without love is?

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