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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 Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say Clara did not talk to her about?
(a) Fish.
(b) Limes.
(c) Her turquoise ring.
(d) Her necklace.

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

3. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, where does Deborah say her mother was from?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Mumbai.
(c) Dubai.
(d) Abu-Dahbi.

4. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, who does Deborah say is a dreamer in the traditional family story?
(a) The brother.
(b) The sister.
(c) The father.
(d) The mother.

5. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what book does Deborah say her student carried?
(a) Black Skins, White Masks.
(b) Velociraptor.
(c) The Stranger.
(d) God of Small Things.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what reason does Deborah say she gave Clara for why she had the bird clock?

2. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say her mother taught her to do?

3. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, who does Deborah say her mother married?

4. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what does Deborah say a writer does?

5. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she becomes in grief?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what does Deborah say her friend told her about her husband? What did Deborah muse about this?

3. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, who does Deborah say appeared in her house? Why does Debrah say she was wary seeing her?

4. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, where does Deborah say her mother grew up? What did her mother teach her in old age?

5. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, how do footsteps factor into the chapter? What do they symbolically represent?

6. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, where does Deborah say she saw the word "winterized"? How did she apply this to herself?

7. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Bluish Darkness, what does Deborah say she needed to compose? How does she apply this as a metaphor?

8. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, why does Deborah say she thought her sense of direction was lost? How does she say this related to her mother?

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

10. 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?

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