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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say her neighbor saw her packing?
(a) Her daughters' old clothes.
(b) Her daughters' old bed.
(c) Her daughters' old fishing nets.
(d) Her daughters' old dolls.

4. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what does Deborah say is Mervvy's full name?
(a) Myfanwy.
(b) Mervin.
(c) Mervvy the One Eyed Dog of War.
(d) Marvelous.

5. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say the artists she thought of said of emotions and grief?
(a) That they are an ocean.
(b) That they are unaware of them.
(c) That it never goes away.
(d) That art comes out of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, reflecting on the conversation, what does Deborah say the young woman tried to do?

2. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what does Deborah say she thought of Holloway Road as?

3. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what does Deborah say she had?

4. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, where does Deborah say she was listening to a conversation?

5. In Chapter Five: Gravity, who does Deborah say were the characters in the play she remembered?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say holds together the family home? What does Deborah say is the disintegration of this story?

2. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what metaphor from earlier in the book did Deborah apply to the party she went to? How did she apply this metaphor to women?

3. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, who does Deborah say she was annoyed by? Why did this person annoy her this way?

4. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah Levy say she wrote about the Big Silver conversation after she witnessed it? What does she say she thought about the young woman?

5. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, what does Deborah say she bought? Why did she buy this?

6. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say her neighbor asked about as Deborah had packed up? What had Deborah's family members used these items for?

7. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what did Deborah say she noticed about her male friends and colleagues? What did this lead her to question?

8. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, who does Deborah say was named "Big Silver"? Why was he called this?

9. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, who does Deborah say she met at a funeral? What was his story?

10. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, who was the couple Deborah Levy said she oversaw talking? How does she say they met?

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