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

2. In Chapter Six: The Body Electric, who does Deborah say bothered her?
(a) Jean.
(b) Mason.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Celia.

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

4. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah say the breaking of the family home is like?
(a) The breaking of a clock.
(b) The breaking of a love.
(c) The breaking of a heart.
(d) The breaking of a soul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what does Deborah say her marriage is?

2. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, what is Deborah's marriage in her metaphor?

3. In Chapter Five: Body Electric, what does Deborah say she thought she was doing?

4. In Chapter Three: Nets, what does Deborah discuss physically falling apart?

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, what does Deborah say she resented most about her divorce? How does she say she thought of her unhappiness?

2. In Chapter Five: Gravity, how does Deborah say she set up her shed? What did she furnish it with?

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter Five: Gravity, what did Deborah say she started going through? What does she say the paragraph she read reminded her of?

8. In Chapter Two: The Tempest, how does Deborah apply the Big Silver metaphor to herself? How does she say she applied it to in her own life?

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

10. In Chapter Four: Living in Yellow, what does Deborah write about her supporting her family in this time? What does she say about her freedom?

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