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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Wally when he got his first teaching job?

2. When did Nancy's parents usually have their fights?

3. How old was Nancy when her nightmares resurface after childhood?

4. How long had Nancy spent in prison?

5. Which of the following did Tabatha NOT do while in prison to rediscover herself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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"?

6. What was the state of Nancy's parents' relationship and what fears did she live with regarding her family life?

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

8. Why was Wally originally asked to come to the York Correctional Institution in 1999?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The frustration of unfulfilled affection touches several women in the stories. Name at least two women who experience unfulfilled love and the situations that occur as a result.

Essay Topic 2

What impact did some of the women's estranged relationships with their mothers have on their lives? What emotional wounds did these women suffer? How did the rejection or abuse by their mothers impact the women's relationships with other people? Did the women feel like she deserved to be abused because they were unworthy? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

A few of the women are very forthcoming about their premarital sexual relations and some abortions. Why did those women make those decisions that they did? What would the women advise young women today regarding such important life decisions? Would the women make the same choices today if they had to do it all over again? Explain.

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