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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she and her daughter ate for breakfast?
(a) Peeled apples.
(b) Olives.
(c) Peeled oranges.
(d) Eggs.

2. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say was above the water when the woman came up?
(a) A rainbow.
(b) A boat.
(c) A storm.
(d) A hurricane.

3. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Debra say the packing up sent her back to?
(a) Moving from Britain at age nine.
(b) Old dreams.
(c) Moving from South Africa at age nine.
(d) Old regrets.

4. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, where was the apartment Deborah says she moved to?
(a) In South Africa.
(b) In North London.
(c) In East London.
(d) In Ohio.

5. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what does Deborah say she had?
(a) Road rage.
(b) Staph.
(c) Strep.
(d) The flu.

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

7. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she saw around her lamp?
(a) Ladybugs.
(b) Children.
(c) Birds.
(d) Bees.

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

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

10. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say is the beginning of a new story outside the patriarchy?
(a) A woman becoming happy.
(b) A woman becoming a butterfly.
(c) A woman not feeling at home in her home.
(d) A woman becoming free.

11. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say the English woman was doing?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Eating.
(c) Reading.
(d) Drinking.

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she found in the cupboard?

3. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what does Deborah say she looked through?

4. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say irritated her about her male colleagues and friends?

5. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, who does Deborah say the man she met at the party reminded her of?

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