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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Donna's mother throw at her when she came into the shop where Donna was working and figured out that she had lost all her money?

2. What did Donna eat at the house in the country that she hadn't eaten before?

3. As Carol, Donna was terrified of being _____ and began to lose herself completely.

4. What was the main thing Terry taught Donna to do?

5. What did Terry call Donna when they finally spoke to each other for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the history teacher at Donna's last school like to talk about in class?

2. What was Donna's first dream about?

3. How did Donna symbolically 'murder part of herself'?

4. How did Donna treat friendships that she had with other kids?

5. How did Donna feel about the sound of the piano?

6. Why did Donna have trouble learning math in the "Country Infant Room"?

7. How did Donna's father begin to act as she got older?

8. What did Donna think when she saw children in the backyards of their grandmothers?

9. Why did Tom come to Donna's flat and what happened as a result?

10. How did Donna understand the content of the stories she read in class?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why Donna studied psychology in college. How did this relate to her work with Mary?

Essay Topic 2

Explain why Donna cut her wrists. What incident prompted this? Whose house did Donna go to for help? What reason did she give Mary for her behavior?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the violence that Donna's mother would put her through when she came home from high school. What did Donna do one day to try to avoid the violence? What was the result? What did a voice in her head say when this was happening?

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