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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Doyle say is the fuel of revolution in “Feel”?
(a) Pain.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Oppression.

2. What does Doyle say makes the story she relates in "Tick Marks" unforgivable?
(a) The betrayal.
(b) The audacity.
(c) The desperation.
(d) The brutality.

3. How old was Megan when she married?
(a) 35.
(b) 30.
(c) 25.
(d) 38.

4. What does Doyle describe having been used as a tool on parenting when she was in school in "Mirrors"?
(a) An egg.
(b) A flour sack.
(c) A can of soup.
(d) A doll.

5. In the conclusion of "Memos," Doyle invents a "New memo." It ends with what line?
(a) Be near.
(b) Be safe.
(c) Be strong.
(d) Be awake.

6. When Abby told Doyle's mother that she wanted to propose to her, Doyle's mother told her that she hadn't seen her daughter this alive since she was how old?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

7. What was Erika's mother's profession?
(a) She was a professional caterer.
(b) She was a schoolteacher.
(c) She was a corporate executive.
(d) She was a hairdresser.

8. What is the name of Doyle's son?
(a) Michael.
(b) Craig.
(c) Chase.
(d) John.

9. How old does Doyle say she is in "Ghosts"?
(a) 40.
(b) 42.
(c) 46.
(d) 44.

10. What is parenting, according to Doyle's metaphor in "Attendants"?
(a) Serving peanuts amidst turbulence.
(b) Flying a plane amidst turbulence.
(c) Driving a car on thin ice.
(d) Serving on a jury.

11. How many years ago does Doyle say she got pregnant with her second child in "Vows"?
(a) 5.
(b) 19.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

12. What does Doyle call the evidence that your imagination has not given up on you in "Imagine"?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Disorder.
(c) Discontent.
(d) Delusions.

13. Which of Doyle's daughters stepped back from having her ears pierced in "Ears"?
(a) Tish.
(b) Amma.
(c) Abby.
(d) Sarah.

14. Why did Doyle and her husband initially begin seeing a therapist, according to her narrative in "Blow Jobs"?
(a) Because Doyle expressed feelings for women.
(b) Because Doyle had been cheating.
(c) Because Doyle was having a religious crisis.
(d) Because her husband had been cheating.

15. What television show does Doyle describe watching in "Touch Trees"?
(a) Survivorman.
(b) Naked and Afraid.
(c) Twin Peaks.
(d) Breaking Bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Doyle's sister when she was giving birth in "Aches"?

2. What is Doyle's mother's name?

3. What memoir does Doyle describe promoting in "Arms"?

4. Who picked up Doyle when she arrived to see her sister after she had had a baby in "Aches"?

5. In what tense is "Tick Marks" related?

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