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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is said to be Clare's profession in "Imagine"?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Professor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Banker.

2. What are the two orders of things that comprise the world, according to Doyle in "Imagine"?
(a) Wise and foolish.
(b) Safe and risky.
(c) Seen and unseen.
(d) Experienced and unexperienced.

3. Who is the male celebrity referred to in "Adam and Keys"?
(a) Adam Novak.
(b) Adam Levine.
(c) Adam Sandler.
(d) Adam Lambert.

4. Who wrote the poem "Dropping Keys"?
(a) Rumi.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Rilke.
(d) Hafiz.

5. What is the name of the Labrador retriever introduced by the zookeeper in "Cheetah"?
(a) Tabitha.
(b) Minnie.
(c) Mitzy.
(d) Abby.

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) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

7. Where does Doyle describe staying at the hotel for the book conference in "Arms"?
(a) The Palmer House Hotel.
(b) The Cleveland Hotel.
(c) The Four Seasons Hotel.
(d) The Wall Street Marriott Hotel.

8. What did Doyle's sister name her child in "Aches"?
(a) Anna.
(b) Doris.
(c) Alice.
(d) Sarah.

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

10. What memoir does Doyle describe promoting in "Arms"?
(a) Eat, Pray, Love.
(b) Carry On, Warrior.
(c) Test Talk.
(d) Love Warrior.

11. Who is Doyle's friend who took her first hot yoga class in "Rules"?
(a) Audrey.
(b) Megan.
(c) Ashley.
(d) Sarah.

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

13. Who wrote Truth and Beauty?
(a) Elizabeth Gilbert.
(b) Ann Patchett.
(c) Anne Lamott.
(d) Sarah Mosher.

14. How old is Danielle said to be in "Imagine"?
(a) 34.
(b) 51.
(c) 42.
(d) 39.

15. Who gave Doyle a snow globe when she was a child?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Doyle call first when she made the decision to divorce her husband?

3. Why does Doyle say that we keep ourselves shaken up in the narrative?

4. Where did Doyle meet Liz, according to the narrative in "Terms"?

5. What is parenting, according to Doyle's metaphor in "Attendants"?

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