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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say happened with her furniture?
(a) It broke.
(b) It fit into the new house.
(c) It did not fit into the new house.
(d) It was refurbished.

3. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say Big Silver said he was?
(a) A poltergeist.
(b) A drifter.
(c) A lover.
(d) A musician.

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

5. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she found in the cupboard?
(a) Moths.
(b) Aphids.
(c) Worms.
(d) Ants.

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

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

8. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say her older daughter did?
(a) Move in.
(b) Go to college.
(c) Go to America.
(d) Get a boyfriend.

9. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what was the issue Deborah entered the chapter with?
(a) Being sad.
(b) Wanting love.
(c) Being overweight.
(d) Not having a place to write.

10. In Chapter Five: Gravity, how many books does Deborah say she had in her shed?
(a) 12.
(b) 2.
(c) 11.
(d) 10.

11. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah reference Beckett saying grief is?
(a) A "stamp or egg collection" (7).
(b) A "recipe with a missing ingredient" (7).
(c) A "quilt" (7).
(d) A "habit" (7).

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

13. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say she and her husband agreed on?
(a) To never see one another again.
(b) To live separately but together in the lives of their children.
(c) To hate one another.
(d) To remarry.

14. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what does Deborah say she stopped at as she walked from her shed to her home?
(a) A castle.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) An opal.
(d) A church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what author does Deborah say wrote a poem about bees that Deborah remembers?

2. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what does Deborah say she bought?

3. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say the young woman did when she talked to the older man?

4. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what does Deborah say Celia lent her?

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

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