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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say irritated her about her male colleagues and friends?
(a) Never calling her by name.
(b) Being men.
(c) Being blind to women's struggles.
(d) Them not calling their wives by name.

2. In Chapter Five: Gravity, which fictional character does Deborah say she thought she was?
(a) Tom Thumb.
(b) Bennet.
(c) Lavelli.
(d) Heidegger.

3. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say the older man told the young woman?
(a) That he likes her.
(b) That she is old enough to be his daughter.
(c) That she talks a lot.
(d) That he likes her stories.

4. In Chapter Five: Gravity, whose hut does Deborah say she thought of assembling for herself?
(a) Lavelli's.
(b) Bennet's.
(c) Heidegger's.
(d) Archie's.

5. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say was the name of the boat the young woman had been on?
(a) Big Silver.
(b) Little Stud.
(c) Big Man.
(d) Little Silver.

6. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say the artists she thought of said of emotions and grief?
(a) That it never goes away.
(b) That art comes out of it.
(c) That they are an ocean.
(d) That they are unaware of them.

7. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what does Deborah say she bought?
(a) Roller skates.
(b) A car.
(c) An e-bike.
(d) A scooter.

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

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

10. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she did to the yellow walls?
(a) Paint them white.
(b) Paint them pink.
(c) Paint them blue.
(d) Paint them orange.

11. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she needed?
(a) A new composition.
(b) The same composition.
(c) The old composition.
(d) A dog.

12. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what is Deborah's marriage in her metaphor?
(a) The land.
(b) The boat.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The sea.

13. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say was the young woman's hurt?
(a) She fell asleep.
(b) She was drowned.
(c) Her friend on the boat did not check for her.
(d) A breakup.

14. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say helped her handle anxiety?
(a) Pain
(b) Art.
(c) Conversation.
(d) Writing.

15. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what does Deborah say is her imaginary bathroom manifesto?
(a) "I believe in people who are nervous and whose hands shake a little" (53).
(b) "I believe in love" (53).
(c) "I can" (53).
(d) "I can't" (53).

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what nickname does Deborah say the young woman gave the man?

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

3. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, where does Deborah reference traveling?

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

5. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she saw around her lamp?

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