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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. What propelled Wally into the world of being a well-known author?

2. After Nancy's parents divorced, her father had visiting days on _________________ but seldom showed up.

3. Tabatha's mother beat her ______________________.

4. Who was the prisoner who read two pages of her life story which encouraged the other women to do the same?

5. Which of the following did Carolyn NOT address in The Right to Remain Silent?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes did Wally see in the women as they wrote their stories?

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

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

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

5. What was Carolyn's crime?

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

8. Describe Carolyn's initial perceptions of prison life and what humiliations did she endure?

9. What did Nancy finally remember that made the flying monkeys such a horrible memory for her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the book. Why would these women have had lonely lives in America in the mid 20th century? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

The women in the book were no strangers to hurt and pain. From what you know of the women's lives through this book, what were some of the biggest sorrows and worst betrayals? How did they manage through them? How did their coping skills evidence themselves in many aspects of their lives? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Loss seems to be almost an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the sense of loss for the women? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the women's lives? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

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