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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. How long had Wally conducted writing sessions with the women at the time he compiled this book?
(a) Three years.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Three months.

2. What was Nancy's solace as she was growing up in a single-parent home?
(a) Food.
(b) Music.
(c) Men.
(d) Art.

3. What was especially frightening for Nancy about the movie in #85?
(a) Freddy Krueger.
(b) Michael Myers.
(c) The monkeys.
(d) The Wicked Witch of the West.

4. What did most of the women at York Correctional Institution ask Wally about on his first visit with them?
(a) What it was like to meet Oprah.
(b) If he had ever been in jail.
(c) What kind of car he drove.
(d) If he was married.

5. What was Nancy afraid of at school?
(a) That the other kids would find out that her family was poort.
(b) That the other kids would find out that her father had been in jail.
(c) That the other kids would find out that she was no longer a virgin.
(d) That the other kids would know what goes on at her house at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carolyn do with the money she got related to her crime?

2. What prompts the reappearance of Nancy's nightmare images?

3. Other than Nancy, how many people worked at the business in #44?

4. Nancy described her husband as morally bankrupt and _________________.

5. How old was Tabatha when her brother introduced her to pot and alcohol?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Nancy and Isadore were complete opposites.

2. Nancy Whiteley also wrote the story, "Orbiting Izzy". What was the premise of this story?

3. How did Nancy's family disintegrate and how did Nancy manage being alone with her abusive mother?

4. What was Wally's reasoning for not being able to refuse Marge Cohen's call to come to York Correctional Institution?

5. How did Nancy begin her story with a memory of her father and his airplane?

6. What were the circumstances of Nancy's arrest and where did she go after her parents bailed her out?

7. What did Nancy feel she had to do to keep her boyfriend?

8. Why did Carolyn think that she was so out of place in the holding cell, and how long did it take before she was convicted?

9. What was the state of Nancy's parents' relationship and what fears did she live with regarding her family life?

10. What did Carolyn focus on outside while waiting to be processed into the Department of Corrections?

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