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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 Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say she saw?
(a) A budding flower.
(b) A bright caterpillar.
(c) A silly pigeon.
(d) An artichoke.

2. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what does Deborah say we expect our mothers to do?
(a) Understand everything.
(b) Clean up.
(c) Mop.
(d) Sweep.

3. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, whom does Deborah say she met on the other side of the train?
(a) Her ex.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her editor.

4. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say she said about a tempest?
(a) It "may bring us closer to how we want to be in the world" (5).
(b) "Too fast" (5).
(c) "Never in the Southern hemisphere" (5).
(d) "Too many" (5).

5. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, why does Deborah say she had energy?
(a) Because she borrowed from others.
(b) Because she had no choice.
(c) Because her friends supported her.
(d) Because she had money.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say she resurfaced from?

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

3. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she repaired in her house?

4. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she felt after her mother's death?

5. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, why does Deborah say she said life is worth living in her quoted writing?

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