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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, who does Deborah say is a dreamer in the traditional family story?
(a) The mother.
(b) The sister.
(c) The father.
(d) The brother.

2. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say Clara offered her?
(a) To cook at her flat.
(b) A gift.
(c) A ring.
(d) A hug.

3. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what color does Deborah say the hair of the young woman across from her was?
(a) Blue.
(b) Orange.
(c) Pink.
(d) Red.

4. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say she and her mother would argue about?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Boys.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Makeup.

5. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she becomes in grief?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Alone.
(d) A magnet for others who are lost.

6. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say her daughters were watching?
(a) Top Chef.
(b) The Great British Baking Show.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Top Gun.

7. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what does Deborah say she got her mother on her mother's deathbed?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Nuts.
(c) Ice lollies.
(d) Bananas.

8. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what reason does Deborah say she gave Clara for why she had the bird clock?
(a) To keep her company.
(b) To be coocoo.
(c) To be sad.
(d) To be happy.

9. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what background does Deborah say her mother had come from?
(a) AAA WASP family.
(b) An Ethiopian family.
(c) A poor family.
(d) A Jewish family.

10. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she lost after her mother's death?
(a) Hope.
(b) A sense of direction.
(c) Space
(d) Money.

11. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what refrain does Deborah say her student had used?
(a) "Popped balloons" (72).
(b) "Sorry" (72).
(c) "And I love the rain" (72).
(d) "We diverge" (72).

12. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say her mother taught her to do?
(a) Read.
(b) Swim.
(c) Sink.
(d) Write.

13. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say Clara was?
(a) A hacker.
(b) An artist.
(c) A distinguished professor.
(d) A writer.

14. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, with whom does Deborah say she talked in her shed?
(a) Her ex.
(b) Celia.
(c) Her friend.
(d) The gardener.

15. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, who does Deborah say her mother married?
(a) Nelson Mandela.
(b) A rich Jewish man.
(c) A penniless Jewish historian.
(d) A rich older man.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what does Deborah say was the offensive flavor of ice lollies left before Deborah's mother died?

2. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, where does Deborah say she bought the lollies?

3. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what does Deborah say the brothers gave her?

4. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say we expect our mothers to do?

5. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what myth does Deborah say captured her?

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