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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 Eleven: Footsteps in the House, who does Deborah say appeared at her home?
(a) Her ten year old self.
(b) Her twelve year old self.
(c) Her ex.
(d) Her nine-year-old self.

2. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say her marriage is?
(a) "The ghost that will always haunt [her] life" (6).
(b) "Bad" (6).
(c) "Good" (6).
(d) "An avocado on the counter that will never ripen" (6).

3. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say a mother and wife does?
(a) Send everyone away.
(b) Architects everyone's happiness.
(c) Steal love.
(d) Steal souls.

4. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what refrain does Deborah say her student had used?
(a) "Sorry" (72).
(b) "And I love the rain" (72).
(c) "We diverge" (72).
(d) "Popped balloons" (72).

5. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what does Deborah say Celia lent her?
(a) Her soul.
(b) Her body.
(c) Her shed.
(d) Her heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say she asked the man on the train?

2. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say touched her most about the postcard?

3. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say we do not want our mothers to be?

4. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she bought for the house?

5. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, where does Deborah say the Eurostar went?

(see the answer key)

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