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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter One: The Big Silver - Chapter Three: Nets.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what is Deborah's marriage in her metaphor?
(a) The sea.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The boat.
(d) The land.

2. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say is behind the wallpaper of the Family Home?
(a) A secret corridor.
(b) A sliver of pain.
(c) An "unthanked, unloved, neglected, exhausted woman" (11).
(d) A "happy, joyous woman" (11).

3. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say irritated her about her male colleagues and friends?
(a) Them not calling their wives by name.
(b) Being men.
(c) Never calling her by name.
(d) Being blind to women's struggles.

4. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say foxes can hear from 40 yards away?
(a) A catcoon.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A clock ticking.

5. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say she and her husband agreed on?
(a) To never see one another again.
(b) To live separately but together in the lives of their children.
(c) To remarry.
(d) To hate one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say she said about a tempest?

2. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say is the beginning of a new story outside the patriarchy?

3. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Debra say she and her husband did with the family home?

4. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Debra say the packing up sent her back to?

5. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, how long does Deborah say she and her ex were together?

(see the answer key)

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