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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 is her mother's background?
(a) From a poor family.
(b) From a Jewish family.
(c) From a WASP family.
(d) From an Ethopian family.

2. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, where does Deborah say she was?
(a) At St. Pancras International station.
(b) The Caribbean.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Home.

3. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, who does Deborah tell us were Simone de Beauvoir's lovers?
(a) Satre.
(b) Deborah.
(c) None.
(d) Satre and Algren.

4. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say she asked the man on the train?
(a) To make room for the woman.
(b) To date her.
(c) To leave.
(d) For his number.

5. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she felt after her mother's death?
(a) Disorientated.
(b) Alone.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what background does Deborah say her mother had come from?

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

3. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what does Deborah say Simone had refused to do with Algren?

4. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, where does Deborah say her mother was from?

5. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what does Deborah say the brothers gave her?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, how does Deborah say she compared herself to Simone de Beauvoir? How are their lives similar and different?

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

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

4. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, how does Deborah say she felt after her mother's death? What did she ride instead of an e-bike?

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, who does Deborah say were her companions on the train? How does she say they interacted?

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