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

2. Who is Doyle's grandmother, whom she describes as whispering to her evening rosary in "Aches"?
(a) Alice.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Vangie.
(d) Georgina.

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

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

5. 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) Experienced and unexperienced.
(d) Seen and unseen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Doyle and her husband initially begin seeing a therapist, according to her narrative in "Blow Jobs"?

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

3. 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?

4. What did Tish learn about in kindergarten that cause her to be greatly upset, according to the narrative in"Directions"?

5. Where was Doyle's grandmother when she was dying in "Aches"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Doyle describe the intimacy between her and Abby in "Gardens"?

2. How did Doyle first begin to practice being still and Knowing?

3. How does Doyle describe her daughters' differences in "Ears"?

4. What does the snow globe represent in "Dragons"?

5. What does Doyle remark about Eve in "Beach Houses"?

6. What did Doyle realize about the "Ache" when visiting her dying grandmother?

7. What is the story "Adam and Keys" about?

8. Who is the focus of "Polar Bears"? What is this story about?

9. To whom is Doyle married? What is the basic overview of her marriage and family?

10. Why is age ten notable in Doyle's life?

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