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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: Living in Yellow - Chapter Six: The Body Electric.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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).

2. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she repaired in her house?
(a) The washer.
(b) The plumbing.
(c) The heating.
(d) The lights.

3. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what was the issue Deborah entered the chapter with?
(a) Wanting love.
(b) Being sad.
(c) Not having a place to write.
(d) Being overweight.

4. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what does Deborah say Celia sang in?
(a) Andalusian.
(b) Arabic.
(c) Russian.
(d) Welsh.

5. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say the breaking of the family home is like?
(a) The breaking of a clock.
(b) The breaking of a love.
(c) The breaking of a heart.
(d) The breaking of a soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, reflecting on the conversation, what does Deborah say the young woman tried to do?

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

3. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say her marriage is?

4. In Chapter Five: Gravity, whose hut does Deborah say she thought of assembling for herself?

5. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say Big Silver said he was?

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