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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say she remembered?
(a) Crying.
(b) Coming to South Africa at age nine.
(c) Coming to Britain at age nine.
(d) Being happy.

2. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what does Deborah say her mother taught her?
(a) To swim.
(b) To bike.
(c) To paint.
(d) To drown.

3. 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 happy.
(c) To be coocoo.
(d) To be sad.

4. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say the man on the train asked the young woman?
(a) To leave.
(b) To move her laptop.
(c) If she dyed her hair herself.
(d) For her number.

5. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah recall her mother saying she wanted after her death?
(a) To become a tree.
(b) For her body to be eaten by birds.
(c) For her body to be burned.
(d) To be cremated.

6. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, why does Deborah say she said life is worth living in her quoted writing?
(a) For hope "it will get better and we'll all get home safely" (118).
(b) For "love" (118).
(c) For "the future" (118).
(d) For "new hope" (118).

7. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she felt after her mother's death?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Disorientated.
(c) Alone.
(d) Sick.

8. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what possession of her mother's does Deborah say she kept?
(a) A postcard from Boston.
(b) A postcard from Johannesburg.
(c) A postcard from Berlin.
(d) A postcard from Cape Town.

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

10. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say Clara recommended for Deborah's water?
(a) Drink bottled.
(b) To filter.
(c) To add sea salt.
(d) Add chlorine.

11. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, where does Deborah say the Eurostar went?
(a) Under the sea.
(b) Into space.
(c) Under the ocean.
(d) Into another train.

12. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, where does Deborah say she was?
(a) At St. Pancras International station.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Home.
(d) The Caribbean.

13. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, who does Deborah say drove her around?
(a) A vampire.
(b) The Man Who Cried at the Funeral.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her ex.

14. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say Clara said about shortening the past?
(a) It is to silence knowledge.
(b) It makes life livable.
(c) It makes her happy.
(d) It is best.

15. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, who does Deborah say she oversaw in a Boston hotel?
(a) Her ex.
(b) A man who is afraid.
(c) Simone.
(d) A man who dotes on his female companion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say touched her most about the postcard?

2. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say Clara thought Deborah's life was?

3. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say we do not want our mothers to be?

4. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say she and her mother would argue about?

5. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say Clara was?

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