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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, how long does Deborah say she and her ex were together?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 4 years.

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

5. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she repaired in her house?
(a) The heating.
(b) The washer.
(c) The plumbing.
(d) The lights.

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

7. 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 can't" (53).
(c) "I believe in love" (53).
(d) "I can" (53).

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

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

10. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah imagine her unsaid conversations with her ex as?
(a) As a ship in a bottle.
(b) As a plumbing block.
(c) As an ocean of hurt.
(d) As a box in the ocean found in the future by artificial life.

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

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

13. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what does Deborah say she thought of Holloway Road as?
(a) A beach.
(b) The Adriatic Sea.
(c) A river.
(d) The ocean.

14. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what nickname does Deborah say the young woman gave the man?
(a) Albatross.
(b) Long John Silver.
(c) Big Silver.
(d) Little Silver.

15. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say the young woman did when she talked to the older man?
(a) Collapsed a social boundary.
(b) Collapsed to Big Silver.
(c) Collapsed into dust.
(d) Collapsed to the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, how does Deborah say her father had taught her to check if fruit was ripe?

2. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say she and her husband agreed on?

3. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say helped her handle anxiety?

4. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, who does Deborah say bothered her?

5. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say foxes can hear from 40 yards away?

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