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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 did Barbara's mother die?
(a) She had cancer.
(b) She was in a car accident.
(c) She drowned.
(d) She committed suicide.

2. The pope had proclaimed the year as the ___________________________.
(a) Year of the Child.
(b) Year of the Blessed Saints.
(c) Year of the Great Jubilee.
(d) Year of the Homeless.

3. Why did Mo'Shay resent her mother?
(a) She abandoned her when she was a baby.
(b) She won't increase her allowance.
(c) She did not let her have any joy in life.
(d) She won't let her date boys.

4. What did Diane's father do on a trip to Chattanooga?
(a) He enrolled her in college.
(b) He raped her.
(c) He abandoned her.
(d) He took her to a theme park.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the overworked mother of two teenage girls in Michelle's story?

2. Which of the following was NOT included in celebrations in Bonnie's family?

3. How many people showed up for Bonnie's aunt's funeral?

4. How old was Mo'Shay?

5. What memory did Barbara have of her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Diane's father betray her trust with violence while on a trip to Chattanooga?

2. How did Barbara say that prison changed her--for both good and bad?

3. What was Diane's instinct when viewing her father's dead body?

4. Who was Reese and how did he enter Mo'Shay's life?

5. What is the significance of the chapter, "Dancing in Leg Chains"?

6. Who were Barbara Parsons Lane's first visitors while in prison, and what did she consider to be the worst part of her incarceration?

7. What did Bonnie Foreshaw write about her childhood Jamaican family celebrations and occasions?

8. What memory from her past did Mo'Shay have that made her apprehensive about having sex with Reese?

9. What was the one constant that Robin noted occurred on each of the three Christmases she spent in prison?

10. What effect did Barbara think that her incarceration had on her children?

(see the answer keys)

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