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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. Nancy said she and her husband lived like __________________.

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

3. Where did Nancy's older sister take Nancy and her younger sister when their parents' fighting got out of control?

4. What did Carolyn address in the second chapter of her story?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did Carolyn think that she was so out of place in the holding cell, and how long did it take before she was convicted?

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

8. What did Carolyn focus on outside while waiting to be processed into the Department of Corrections?

9. How did Nancy view "The Wizard of Oz" once she worked through some psychological issues?

10. How did Nancy describe Isadore's life?

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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