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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, who does Deborah say she met at a funeral?
(a) A man who cried like a woman.
(b) A man who cried like an octopus.
(c) A man who cried like a man.
(d) A man who did not cry.

2. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say the man was eating?
(a) Cerviche.
(b) Abalone.
(c) Mangoes.
(d) Salsa.

3. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what does Deborah say is Mervvy's full name?
(a) Mervin.
(b) Mervvy the One Eyed Dog of War.
(c) Marvelous.
(d) Myfanwy.

4. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say foxes can hear from 40 yards away?
(a) A clock ticking.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A catcoon.
(d) A rabbit.

5. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah discuss physically falling apart?
(a) Society.
(b) People.
(c) Story.
(d) The Family Home.

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

7. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say she saw when she resurfaced?
(a) A silver spoon.
(b) A rainbow.
(c) A tempest.
(d) Big Silver.

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

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

10. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, who does Deborah say she met next at the party?
(a) Her ex.
(b) Her lover.
(c) The Man Who Cried at the Funeral.
(d) Her best male friend.

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

12. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what does Deborah say she added to the shed in winter?
(a) A sofa.
(b) A bookshelf.
(c) A porch.
(d) A heater.

13. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, who does Deborah say the man she met at the party reminded her of?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Big Silver.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her ex.

14. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what does Deborah say her male friend's new wife's name?
(a) Nadine.
(b) Archibald.
(c) Nadia.
(d) Jacob.

15. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say about this time in the house?
(a) It was her most professionally busy time.
(b) She could not get work.
(c) She was tired.
(d) She could not get paid.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what does Deborah say is her imaginary bathroom manifesto?

2. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say the the caterpillar had?

3. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, where does Deborah say she was listening to a conversation?

4. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say her older daughter did?

5. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say was above the water when the woman came up?

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