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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marty O. Dyke accuse her father of in her poem?
(a) Murder.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Rape.
(d) Sickness.

2. Where does Maya Angelou's mother work?
(a) Gambling parlors.
(b) Bar.
(c) School.
(d) Hospital.

3. What is the cause of Uncle Karl's death?
(a) Murder.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Old age.

4. How old is Blanche Woodbury's brother when he began abusing her?
(a) 16 years old.
(b) 14 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 10 years old.

5. How old is Blanche Woodbury when her mother was committed to a psychiatric care center?
(a) An infant.
(b) A toddler.
(c) An adult.
(d) A teenager.

6. Where does Maggie Hoyal's family go for her father's work?
(a) California.
(b) St. Lucia.
(c) Florida.
(d) Barbados.

7. Where does Blanche Woodbury say her brother lives in her poem, "My Brother"?
(a) In a grave.
(b) In a cigar box.
(c) In prison.
(d) In a sychiatric hospital.

8. Which of Maggie Hoyal's brother's goes to live with her mother?
(a) Keith.
(b) Bobbie.
(c) Dickie.
(d) Ken.

9. What does the netting in "The Window's Netting" refer to?
(a) Wedding veil.
(b) Web of lies.
(c) Fishing net.
(d) Tent screen.

10. Where does Maya Angelou live in "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) San Diego.
(c) New York City.
(d) St. Louis.

11. Where does Uncle Karl invite Louise Thornton's brother, Frank, to go with him?
(a) Horse races.
(b) Carnival.
(c) Stock car races.
(d) Circus.

12. How old is Lynn Swenson when her grandfather molests her?
(a) 11 years old.
(b) 9 years old.
(c) 5 years old.
(d) 15 years old.

13. What does Lynn see everywhere at the end of "From My Half Sleep"?
(a) Sand.
(b) Blood.
(c) Rage.
(d) Emptiness.

14. What is Uncle Karl's nickname for Louise Thornton?
(a) Lulu.
(b) Lollie.
(c) Lola.
(d) Louie.

15. How old is Desi when her grandmother began abusing her?
(a) 5 years old.
(b) 3 years old.
(c) 2 years old.
(d) 4 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maya Angelou said that her rape was a matter of the needle giving because the _________ can't.

2. How old is Yarrow Morgan when she first told her mother about the abuse?

3. Where does Maggie Hoyal grow up?

4. How old is Lynn Swenson when her parents divorced?

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

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