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

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 get the women acclimated to civilian life.
(c) To inspire the women to use writing as a tool for coping.
(d) To help the women get their GEDs.

3. How old was Nancy when she learned how to defend herself from her mother's physical abuse?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 9.

4. What prompts the reappearance of Nancy's nightmare images?
(a) A movie clip of a graveyard at night.
(b) A set of butcher knives.
(c) A hockey mask.
(d) A movie clip in film class.

5. Who was Nancy's husband?
(a) Alberto.
(b) Mario.
(c) Aldo.
(d) Guido.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Nancy's father take her at the beginning of her story?

3. For the women in York Correctional Institution, writing gives them __________________.

4. For how long had Carolyn perpetuated her crime?

5. Who was Marge Cohen?

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

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

4. Who was Isadore Weintraub, and what role did he play in Nancy's life?

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

6. What trauma did Tabatha endure from the age of four and how did she get introduced to pot and alcohol?

7. How did Nancy describe Isadore's life?

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

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

10. Describe how Nancy and Isadore were complete opposites.

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