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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Tish learn about in kindergarten that cause her to be greatly upset, according to the narrative in"Directions"?
(a) The extinction of dodos.
(b) The dying of koala bears.
(c) The dying of polar bears.
(d) The dying of whales.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What painting is described in "Smiles"?
(a) American Gothic.
(b) The Mona Lisa.
(c) Girl with a Pearl Earring.
(d) The Starry Night.

10. Doyle says in "Algorithms" that her friend Megan has been sober for how long?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 7 years.

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

12. Who is quoted in "Imagine" as saying "Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning"?
(a) Sarah Mosher.
(b) Anne Lamott.
(c) Elizabeth Gilbert.
(d) Gloria Steinem.

13. Where was Doyle's sister when she was giving birth in "Aches"?
(a) Texas.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Missouri.

14. Doyle states in "Erikas" that what the world needs is more women who have quit fearing themselves and started doing what?
(a) Trusting themselves.
(b) Creating themselves.
(c) Fighting themselves.
(d) Pushing themselves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times is the word "selah" found in the Hebrew Bible?

2. Where does Doyle describe staying at the hotel for the book conference in "Arms"?

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

4. Who is described as Doyle's youngest daughter in "Cheetah"?

5. How did Doyle first practice "sinking" in order to gain clarity?

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