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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many years does Doyle say she spent with her head in a toilet trying to be light in "Tick Marks"?
(a) 10.
(b) 16.
(c) 22.
(d) 12.

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

6. In what tense is "Tick Marks" related?
(a) Present.
(b) Past perfect.
(c) Past.
(d) Future.

7. Doyle states in "Know" that she has a friend with serious God issues. This friend calls her sense of Knowing what?
(a) Sebastian.
(b) Harold.
(c) Mark.
(d) Jennifer.

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

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

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

11. Who is Liz revealed to be in "Terms"?
(a) Elizabeth Gilbert.
(b) Elizabeth Banks.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) Elizabeth Hurley.

12. What church does Doyle describe sitting in in "Apples"?
(a) St. Edward Catholic Church.
(b) St. Paul United Methodist Church.
(c) St. Peter's Catholic Church.
(d) Nativity Catholic Church.

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

14. How many years ago does Doyle say she fell in love with a woman in "Sparks"?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Doyle's grandmother, whom she describes as whispering to her evening rosary in "Aches"?

2. What does "selah" refer to?

3. What is the name of Doyle's older daughter in "Cheetah"?

4. What does Doyle say is the fuel of revolution in “Feel”?

5. How old was Doyle when she got pregnant and sober?

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