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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 Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she becomes in grief?
(a) Happy.
(b) A magnet for others who are lost.
(c) Alone.
(d) Sad.

2. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what possession from her mother does Deborah say she treasured?
(a) A postcard from America.
(b) A postcard from Cape Town.
(c) A postcard from Amsterdam.
(d) A postcard from Johannesburg.

3. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say she and her mother would argue about?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Makeup.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Boys.

4. In Chapter Fourteen: Good Tidings, what does Deborah say she did not find for Christmas?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Candles.
(c) A white cotton tablecloth.
(d) Holly.

5. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, why does Deborah say she said life is worth living in her quoted writing?
(a) For hope "it will get better and we'll all get home safely" (118).
(b) For "the future" (118).
(c) For "new hope" (118).
(d) For "love" (118).

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Five: Gravity, which fictional character does Deborah say she thought she was?

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

3. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say the man was eating?

4. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she did to the yellow walls?

5. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, where does Deborah say her mother was from?

(see the answer key)

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