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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what style did Bonnie wear her hair?
(a) Shag.
(b) Afro.
(c) Dreadlocks.
(d) Shaved.

3. To what state did Diane move during her childhood?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Michigan.

4. Bonnie was sentenced to _________ years in prison.
(a) 15.
(b) 45.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

5. Mo'Shay thought that the lips of the boy in #151 reminded her of what?
(a) A balloon.
(b) A sandbag.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A ripe peach.

6. Where did Brenda celebrate mass in prison?
(a) Via a televised program.
(b) Her cell.
(c) Local Catholic church.
(d) Makeshift prison church.

7. What boy did Diane start to date?
(a) Biff.
(b) Buzz.
(c) Buck.
(d) Buddy.

8. Robin's story began on January 1 in what year?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2010.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2003.

9. Mo'Shay met _______________, the man of her dreams.
(a) Reese.
(b) Ronald.
(c) Ricardo.
(d) Richard.

10. In what U.S. state was Bonnie raised?
(a) Florida.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Illinois.
(d) New York.

11. Which of the following does NOT describe how Barbara feels about herself?
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Disillusioned.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Bitter.

12. Robin characterized her life in prison as __________________.
(a) Taupe.
(b) Vanilla.
(c) Beige.
(d) Gray.

13. What did Diane call each one of her chapters?
(a) Polaroids.
(b) Shadows.
(c) Vignettes.
(d) Snapshots.

14. What did Diane want to do when she saw her father's dead body?
(a) Put a sheet over him.
(b) Slap him.
(c) Stick him with a pin.
(d) Kiss him.

15. The boy in #166 cheated on Diane _________________ after they got married.
(a) One week.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Diane's father steal from the family he had abandoned?

2. What was Robin unable to afford while in prison?

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

4. In her story, Barbara said that childhood memories were like ______________________.

5. What did Brenda's mother keep all over the house?

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