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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who threatens her father when Jill Morgan leaves the hospital?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The social worker.

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

3. Who is crying in "Remember Dream"?
(a) The grandmother.
(b) The dog.
(c) The father.
(d) The sister.

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

5. How long is Jill Morgan in the hospital after her father rapes her for the first time?
(a) Overnight.
(b) Two days.
(c) Several weeks.
(d) One week.

6. What vocation does Louise Thornton follow?
(a) Healer.
(b) Therapist.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Nurse.

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

8. What is Yarrow Morgan's mother's reaction to being told about the abuse?
(a) Fear.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Anger.
(d) Ridicule.

9. Who is Marty O. Dyke blaming in her poem?
(a) Ma.
(b) Mommy.
(c) Pa.
(d) Daddy.

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

11. What color is the brother's comb in Blanche Woodbury's poem, "My Brother"?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

12. How old is Lynn Swenson when she started to write poetry?
(a) 9 years old.
(b) 5 years old.
(c) 15 years old.
(d) 11 years old.

13. Who does the grandfather watch undress in the poem "From My Half Sleep"?
(a) The grandmother.
(b) Lynn.
(c) The mother.
(d) The sister.

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

15. What is Experience Gibb's uncle drinking in her story, "1952, And Other Years"?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Beer.
(c) Root beer.
(d) Wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Maggie Hoyal's brother's goes to live with her mother?

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

3. Where does Maggie Hoyal grow up?

4. Yarrow Morgan's poem describes Yarrow as a __________.

5. What is Uncle Karl's nickname for Louise Thornton?

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