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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nancy Whitely's story was one of striving to be _______________.
(a) Talented.
(b) Loved.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Smart.

2. How long had Wally conducted writing sessions with the women at the time he compiled this book?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three months.

3. What position had Carolyn held?
(a) Executive Director of a Mental Health Advocacy Board.
(b) Executive Director of a local chapter of the United Way.
(c) Executive Director of a Psychiatric Hospital.
(d) Executive Director of a Private School.

4. What does Wally keep by his phone to help prompt him to refuse the many solicitations he gets to support different causes?
(a) A picture of his family.
(b) A card with the word NO.
(c) Index card with notes.
(d) A full calendar.

5. What subject did Wally teach in his first teaching job?
(a) Geometry.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Latin.

6. Who abused Nancy and her friend?
(a) A teacher.
(b) Nancy's uncle.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) Her friend's older brother.

7. What was especially frightening for Nancy about the movie in #85?
(a) Freddy Krueger.
(b) The monkeys.
(c) Michael Myers.
(d) The Wicked Witch of the West.

8. How old was Nancy at the beginning of her story?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 21.
(d) 6.

9. Carolyn was raped as a young girl by whom?
(a) A stranger.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her father.
(d) A boyfriend.

10. Who was the prisoner who read two pages of her life story which encouraged the other women to do the same?
(a) Darlene Branson.
(b) Dana Benjamin.
(c) Diane Bartholomew.
(d) Denise Barlow.

11. What was Nancy's solace as she was growing up in a single-parent home?
(a) Music.
(b) Food.
(c) Art.
(d) Men.

12. What brand was the clothing in #40?
(a) Nautica.
(b) Old Navy.
(c) Liz Claiborne.
(d) Eddie Bauer.

13. Where did Tabatha's family and friends to drugs?
(a) The basement.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The living room.
(d) The attic.

14. Other than Nancy, how many people worked at the business in #44?
(a) Twenty three.
(b) One hundred.
(c) One.
(d) Seventeen.

15. What did Carolyn do with the money she got related to her crime?
(a) Gave it to charity.
(b) Made renovations to her home.
(c) Paid her son's college bills.
(d) Gambled at local casinos.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man in #50 had inherited his business from whom?

2. Where was Carolyn in her story as it began?

3. What had Nancy's abuser told her would happen if she told anyone what he did to her and her friend?

4. How old was Tabatha when she went to prison?

5. What was the name of the institution where Wally went to teach writing in 1999?

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