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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve: The Beginning of Everything - Chapter Fourteen: Good Tidings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what does Deborah say her mother worked as?
(a) An artist.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A secretary.
(d) A writer.

2. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what does Deborah say Clara can do?
(a) Swim.
(b) Dance.
(c) Put her hair up with one pin.
(d) Shimmy.

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

4. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what nickname does Deborah say the young woman gave the man?
(a) Albatross.
(b) Big Silver.
(c) Little Silver.
(d) Long John Silver.

5. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say the man on the train asked the young woman?
(a) For her number.
(b) To move her laptop.
(c) If she dyed her hair herself.
(d) To leave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what possession from her mother does Deborah say she treasured?

3. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, who does Deborah tell us were Simone de Beauvoir's lovers?

4. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say her neighbor saw her packing?

5. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, who does Deborah say she rode with?

(see the answer key)

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