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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 name did Wally have for especially difficult students?
(a) Fruitcakes.
(b) Walking wounded.
(c) Speed traps.
(d) Overtimers.

2. Where was Carolyn in her story as it began?
(a) A courthouse.
(b) Prison.
(c) A lawyer's office.
(d) A cafe.

3. Who was Tabatha's brother who was shot in the head and killed when he was twenty?
(a) Pete.
(b) Dave.
(c) Jack.
(d) Sam.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Carolyn's crime?

3. In prison, Tabatha sketched ______________ to show her life story.

4. How old was Nancy when she learned how to defend herself from her mother's physical abuse?

5. Nancy thought of her father as ___________________ from the story he read to her.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What are the two chapters in Carolyn Ann Adams' story, "Thefts" and what does she cover in each?

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

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

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

9. Why did Nancy not like the book, "Wind, Sand, and Stars" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery even though she had enjoyed his "The Little Prince"?

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

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