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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. Lois Phillips Hudson says writers have to have the ego of _________.

2. How old is Jana Vincenti when raped by her mother's boyfriend?

3. What does the boyfriend offer to give Jana Vincenti if she lets him do things to her?

4. What causes Beverly Sky to have to go to church early?

5. What does the young man use to distract Honor Moore's baby brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What further indignity does Billie Holiday suffer after nearly being raped?

2. What two incidents with the priest did Beverly Sky have conflicting feelings about?

3. What were the effects of several occurrences of sexual abuse on Miriam Monasch when she was younger?

4. Who molests Honor Moore?

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

6. What was Honor Moore's childhood like?

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

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

9. What happens in the poem "Peaches of My Childhood"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Compare this anthology to other works about child sexual abuse in terms of content, theme and the p of its message.

Essay Topic 3

What role does the media play in perpetuating the image of women as objects of sexual pleasure? Do you agree with Ellen Bass's indictments of the media and society made in the Introduction?

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