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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 was Wally's first novel?
(a) She's Gone to the Dark Side.
(b) She's the Best Part of Me.
(c) She's Come Undone.
(d) She's a Mystery to Me.

2. Where did Nancy's father take her at the beginning of her story?
(a) The beach.
(b) An airplane flight.
(c) A library.
(d) The circus.

3. When did Nancy's parents usually have their fights?
(a) In the morning.
(b) On vacations.
(c) At night.
(d) On weekends.

4. Why did Nancy resign her job abruptly?
(a) She didn't like the new hours.
(b) Isadore started to fall in love with her.
(c) She moved out of state.
(d) She got a better job.

5. Why has Wally been asked to come teach at the facility in #6?
(a) To help the women get their GEDs.
(b) To get the women acclimated to civilian life.
(c) To inspire the women to use writing as a tool for coping.
(d) To help the women write better letters in their appeals processes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Nancy's parents send her after they bailed her out after her arrest in October of 1989?

2. Nancy Whitely's story was one of striving to be _______________.

3. Which of the following did Tabatha NOT do while in prison to rediscover herself?

4. Nancy thought of her father as ___________________ from the story he read to her.

5. Where did Tabatha's family and friends to drugs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Aldo and what influence did he have on Nancy's life?

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

3. Who was Isadore Weintraub, and what role did he play in Nancy's life?

4. How did Tabatha describe the attic where her family and friends did drugs?

5. Which animals from a classic movie haunted Nancy Birkla's childhood?

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

7. Describe some of Carolyn's experiences during a very troubled childhood.

8. What was Carolyn's crime?

9. What trauma did Tabatha endure from the age of four and how did she get introduced to pot and alcohol?

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

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