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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, 'Yesterday I saw him watch my sister.' Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Relatives: Lynn Swenson, from My Half-Sleep; and Maya Angelou, from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could Lynn Swenson taste after her grandfather left her?
(a) Beer.
(b) Blood.
(c) Spearmint.
(d) Tobacco.

2. Yarrow Morgan's poem describes Yarrow as a __________.
(a) Teenager.
(b) Baby.
(c) Child.
(d) Woman.

3. Who else does Jude Brister discover her father had molested?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her stepsister.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her aunt.

4. Yarrow Morgan is born in _____________.
(a) South Dakota.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) North Dakota.

5. Where does most of Yarrow Morgan's poem take place?
(a) A bed.
(b) A crib.
(c) A couch.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lee rape Carrie in "The Window's Netting"?

2. What does Maya Angelou's mother think is wrong with her daughter after the rape?

3. How old is Yarrow Morgan when she first told her mother about the abuse?

4. Who does Jean Monroe finally tell about the abuse?

5. What does Jean Monroe want to assure her father of the first time he touches her?

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