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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, 'Yesterday I saw him watch my sister.' Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Relatives: Lynn Swenson, from My Half-Sleep; and Maya Angelou, from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jean Monroe wearing the first time her father asks to touch her?
(a) Pajamas.
(b) Dress.
(c) Blouse.
(d) Skirt.

2. Where is Jude Brister born?
(a) Florida.
(b) California.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Idaho.

3. Where is Marty O. Dyke training to work as a printer?
(a) New York City.
(b) Paris.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Cleveland.

4. Jean Monroe is born in the ___________.
(a) 1940's.
(b) 1930's.
(c) 1950's.
(d) 1960's.

5. Maggie Hoyal's father took her virginity as "payment" for what?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Love.
(d) Rent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does most of Yarrow Morgan's poem take place?

2. How old is Maggie Hoyal when she runs away from home?

3. How old is Jill Morgan when her father rapes her for the first time?

4. Who does Mr. Freeman threaten to kill if Maya Angelou tells about what he did?

5. Where does Carrie go with her father and brother in "The Window's Netting"?

(see the answer key)

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