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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was notable about Nancy's family as she was growing up?
(a) They had an in-ground swimming pool.
(b) They had a live-in nanny.
(c) They had at least twenty pets.
(d) Her family moved a lot.

2. Why has Wally been asked to come teach at the facility in #6?
(a) To help the women write better letters in their appeals processes.
(b) To help the women get their GEDs.
(c) To get the women acclimated to civilian life.
(d) To inspire the women to use writing as a tool for coping.

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

4. How old was Nancy when her nightmares resurface after childhood?
(a) 51.
(b) 27.
(c) 43.
(d) 35.

5. For how long had Carolyn perpetuated her crime?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Wally Lamb when he knew he wanted to teach?

2. What was especially frightening for Nancy about the movie in #85?

3. Nancy had felt _______________ most of her life.

4. What length of time was Carolyn's sentence?

5. Nancy described the life of the man in #50 as ________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tabatha's hair mirror what she was going through in different phases of her life and how did she wear her hair after five years in prison?

2. What were some of the inconsistencies in Tabatha Rowley's life as she was growing up?

3. What did Carolyn focus on outside while waiting to be processed into the Department of Corrections?

4. Nancy Whiteley also wrote the story, "Orbiting Izzy". What was the premise of this story?

5. Describe some of Carolyn's experiences during a very troubled childhood.

6. How did Nancy's family disintegrate and how did Nancy manage being alone with her abusive mother?

7. What did Nancy feel she had to do to keep her boyfriend?

8. When did Wally Lamb know that he wanted to be a teacher, and in which type of students was he particularly interested?

9. Which animals from a classic movie haunted Nancy Birkla's childhood?

10. What was the premise of Nancy Whitely's story, "The True Face of Earth"?

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