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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 did Carolyn address in the second chapter of her story?
(a) Traveling across country.
(b) A horrible family secret.
(c) Buying her first car.
(d) Her first work experience.

2. Which of the following is NOT a word that Wally uses to describe himself?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Fiction writer.
(c) History buff.
(d) Family man.

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) Denise Barlow.
(c) Darlene Branson.
(d) Diane Bartholomew.

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

5. After Nancy's parents divorced, her father had visiting days on _________________ but seldom showed up.
(a) Saturdays.
(b) Sundays.
(c) Wednesdays.
(d) Holidays.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carolyn had ______________ months of court appearances before her conviction.

2. Why has Wally been asked to come teach at the facility in #6?

3. How did Carolyn try to block the nose of the inmates?

4. Other than Nancy, how many people worked at the business in #44?

5. What did Carolyn do with the money she got related to her crime?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nancy describe the summer she worked for Isadore?

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

3. How did Nancy describe Isadore's life?

4. How did Tabatha describe the attic where her family and friends did drugs?

5. How did Nancy begin her story with a memory of her father and his airplane?

6. What was Wally's reasoning for not being able to refuse Marge Cohen's call to come to York Correctional Institution?

7. 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?

8. How had Wally become a well-known author in America?

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

10. Who was Aldo and what influence did he have on Nancy's life?

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