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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. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say she and her mother would argue about?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Boys.
(c) Makeup.
(d) Clothes.

2. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, where does Deborah say she bought the lollies?
(a) A convenience store owned by three Turkish brothers.
(b) The supermarket.
(c) The hospital.
(d) A farm.

3. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Blueish Darkness, where does Deborah say her mother was from?
(a) Dubai.
(b) Mumbai.
(c) Abu-Dahbi.
(d) South Africa.

4. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, what does Deborah say she asked the man on the train?
(a) For his number.
(b) To leave.
(c) To make room for the woman.
(d) To date her.

5. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, who does Deborah say she oversaw in a Boston hotel?
(a) A man who dotes on his female companion.
(b) Simone.
(c) Her ex.
(d) A man who is afraid.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what book does Deborah say her student carried?

2. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, what does Deborah say we do not want our mothers to be?

3. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what does Deborah say Simone had refused to do with Algren?

4. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she becomes in grief?

5. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, what does Deborah say a woman wears?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, who does Deborah say appeared in her house? Why does Debrah say she was wary seeing her?

2. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, how does Deborah say she compared herself to Simone de Beauvoir? How are their lives similar and different?

3. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Bluish Darkness, what does Deborah say she needed to compose? How does she apply this as a metaphor?

4. In Chapter Nine: Night Wandering, where does Deborah say her mother grew up? What did her mother teach her in old age?

5. In Chapter Eleven: Footsteps in the House, who does Deborah say were her companions on the train? How does she say they interacted?

6. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, what does Deborah say she told Clara about dating again? How does she say Clara responded?

7. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Bluish Darkness, what does Deborah say she had for dinner? What happened with dinner?

8. In Chapter Seven: The Black and Bluish Darkness, what meeting does Deborah say she went to? How did she feel at the meeting?

9. In Chapter Eight: The Republic, where does Deborah say she saw the word "winterized"? How did she apply this to herself?

10. In Chapter Ten: X is Where I Am, how does Deborah say she felt after her mother's death? What did she ride instead of an e-bike?

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