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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 Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say she saw?
(a) An artichoke.
(b) A budding flower.
(c) A silly pigeon.
(d) A bright caterpillar.

2. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, who does Deborah say she overheard?
(a) An English woman.
(b) An American man.
(c) A nightmare.
(d) An American man and English woman.

3. 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" (53).
(c) "I believe in love" (53).
(d) "I can't" (53).

4. In Chapter Five: Body Electric, what does Deborah say she thought she was doing?
(a) Passing from one hour to another.
(b) Passing from one life to another.
(c) Rebirthing.
(d) Dying.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say a mother and wife does?

2. In Chapter Five: Gravity, whose hut does Deborah say she thought of assembling for herself?

3. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah imagine her unsaid conversations with her ex as?

4. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, how long does Deborah say she and her ex were together?

5. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she repaired in her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, who does Deborah say she met at a funeral? What was his 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 Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah say she repaired? How did this repair become a metaphor?

5. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, why did Deborah say she painted her walls yellow? Why did she paint them back to white?

6. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, who does Deborah say she met later at the party? What did this person update her about their life?

7. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what piece of old writing does Deborah say she compared herself to?

8. In Chapter One: The Big Silver, what does Deborah say the young woman talked about? What did the man say in response?

9. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, where does Deborah say she moved? How does she say she thought about this move?

10. In Chapter Five: Gravity, who does Deborah say came to her rescue? How did this person rescue her?

(see the answer keys)

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