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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 Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what does Deborah say she thought of her mother's death?
(a) She has stolen it.
(b) She has erased it.
(c) She has forgotten it.
(d) She can only think of it for ten seconds.

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

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 be happy.
(b) To keep her company.
(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 was going to buy?
(a) New earphones.
(b) A car.
(c) Gifts.
(d) Medical shoes for his wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, who does Deborah say also rode with her and the Crying Man?

3. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, why does Deborah say she said life is worth living in her quoted writing?

4. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, who does Deborah say she met?

5. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what does Deborah say a life without love is?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say happened when she read her book out loud at a festival in Berlin?

2. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what possession from her mother does Deborah say she kept? What touched her most about this?

3. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, how does Deborah say she remembered her journey to Britain as a child? How does she say she thinks of it later?

4. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, who does Deborah say she met? What did Deborah advise?

5. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what of Deborah's old house items does she say Clara picked up, and what does Clara say about them? What metaphor does she say Clara apply to this?

6. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Bluish Darkness, what does Deborah say her new life was about? Why does she say this?

7. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, who does Deborah say took to driving her around the city and why? Who also rode with them?

8. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Bluish Darkness, what does Deborah say she had for dinner? What happened with dinner?

9. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what does Deborah say Simone de Beauvoir fought against so strongly? Who did she refuse in this quest?

10. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, where does Deborah say she went and why? What does she say this reminded her of?

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