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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who walks into the room when Daddy Kanagy is molesting Karen Asherah?

2. How many children does Lois Phillips Hudson say Mr. Ahmann had?

3. Beverly Sky's mother is ____________.

4. Lois Phillips Hudson believes that the fear of ________ steals women's creative energy.

5. Where does Daddy Kanagy molest Karen Asherah again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Jana Vincenti when she is only seven?

2. What was Ann Simonton's experience as a model?

3. What happens in "The Fourth of July"?

4. How is Lois Phillips Hudson molested in "Why Aren't There More Creative Women?"

5. What happens to Pat Parker in her story "Shoes"?

6. What happened to Lillian Kelly and how did she handle the pain that followed?

7. Under what circumstances does Billie Holiday end up in a bedroom with the man who rapes her?

8. Why did Karen Asherah not tell her mother about Daddy Kanagy's unwanted touches?

9. What happens to the little girl in Martha Roger's story "Street Fair"?

10. Who is Patsy in the poem "Peaches of My Childhood"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss some of the things that these women lost, sometimes even through the next generation, as a result of childhood abuse.

Essay Topic 2

According to Ellen Bass in the Introduction, why is there such a stigma associated with childhood sexual abuse? Why does Bass contend that openly discussing sexual abuse will help diminish this stigma and perhaps even the frequency with which the abuse is perpetrated? Do you agree or disagree?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the purpose of this analogy, the effectiveness of the pieces chosen and whether that purpose was accomplished. Give specific examples of analogies from the pieces chosen for your discussion.

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