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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 said about shortening the past?
(a) It is to silence knowledge.
(b) It is best.
(c) It makes life livable.
(d) It makes her happy.

2. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she lost after her mother's death?
(a) Money.
(b) Space
(c) A sense of direction.
(d) Hope.

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

4. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, who does Deborah say she compared herself to?
(a) Algren.
(b) Satre.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Simon de Beauvoir.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say the man on the train asked the young woman?

5. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, who does Deborah say drove her around?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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