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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 memory did Barbara have of her mother?
(a) Going shopping for Easter dresses.
(b) Making Christmas cookies.
(c) Visiting her in a mental hospital.
(d) Being whipped by her mother.

2. What was the worst part of Barbara's incarceration?
(a) Being separated from her children.
(b) Being strip searched.
(c) Eating institution food.
(d) Not being able to bathe when she wanted to.

3. In prison, Brenda had a level five orange card which meant that she _______________________.
(a) Had to wear an orange prison jumpsuit.
(b) Could not have any visitors.
(c) Had to be shackled when she was outside her unit.
(d) Had special television viewing privileges.

4. Which of the following was NOT included in celebrations in Bonnie's family?
(a) Music.
(b) Food.
(c) Games.
(d) Drinks.

5. What crime did Brenda commit to land her in prison?
(a) Fraud.
(b) Murder.
(c) Armed robbery.
(d) Embezzlement.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the only time Robin could enjoy the sun?

2. The boy in #166 cheated on Diane _________________ after they got married.

3. Who is the neighbor for whom Diane's father left his family?

4. What crime did Bonnie commit that landed her in prison?

5. What does the sign in Robin's housing unit say?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Brenda Medina realize what her mother's terrible secret was?

2. What was the one constant that Robin noted occurred on each of the three Christmases she spent in prison?

3. Who was Shirley Shambly in Michelle Jessamy's story and why did Shirley's daughter, Mo'Shay resent her mother?

4. What elements of her Rastararian faith did Bonnie try to adhere to at the time that she arrived at prison?

5. What did Bonnie Foreshaw write about her childhood Jamaican family celebrations and occasions?

6. How did Diane Bartholomew describe her very difficult childhood?

7. How did Diane's father betray her trust with violence while on a trip to Chattanooga?

8. How did Barbara say that prison changed her--for both good and bad?

9. What did Brenda's mother do to her one night from which her father had to save Brenda and what did her father pray for each night?

10. What did Mo'Shay's mother decide about raising Mo'Shay's baby and how does Mo'Shay get the love she has needed for so long from her mother?

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