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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 offered her?
(a) A gift.
(b) A hug.
(c) To cook at her flat.
(d) A ring.

2. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say the man on the train was going to buy?
(a) Medical shoes for his wife.
(b) A car.
(c) Gifts.
(d) New earphones.

3. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what does Deborah say she got her mother on her mother's deathbed?
(a) Ice lollies.
(b) Nuts.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Bananas.

4. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what does Deborah say she argued with her mother about as a teen?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Boys.
(c) Makeup.
(d) Clothes.

5. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say her daughters were watching?
(a) Top Chef.
(b) Top Gun.
(c) Thomas.
(d) The Great British Baking Show.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, where does Deborah say she bought the lollies?

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

3. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, what possession from her mother does Deborah say she treasured?

4. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, with whom does Deborah say she talked in her shed?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she told Clara about dating again? How does she say Clara responded?

4. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Bluish Darkness, what meeting does Deborah say she went to? How did she feel at the meeting?

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

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

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

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

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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