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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 got her mother on her mother's deathbed?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Ice lollies.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Nuts.

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

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 keep her company.
(b) To be coocoo.
(c) To be happy.
(d) To be sad.

4. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say Clara offered her?
(a) A hug.
(b) To cook at her flat.
(c) A ring.
(d) A gift.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what myth does Deborah say captured her?

3. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say she was going to do?

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

5. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say she would buy her mother on her mother's deathbed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say Clara thought of Deborah's life? What does Deborah say she thought of this?

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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