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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The story "These are the Things I Remember" starts with Maggie Hoyal's memory of what?
(a) A beating.
(b) A tree.
(c) A train.
(d) A dog.

2. Who does Jean Monroe finally tell about the abuse?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her teacher.
(d) Her sister.

3. Yarrow Morgan is born in _____________.
(a) South Carolina.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) North Dakota.

4. Yarrow Morgan's poem describes Yarrow as a __________.
(a) Teenager.
(b) Woman.
(c) Baby.
(d) Child.

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

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

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

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

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

10. How old is Lynn Swenson when her parents divorced?
(a) 15 years old.
(b) 5 years old.
(c) 9 years old.
(d) 11 years old.

11. What could Lynn Swenson taste after her grandfather left her?
(a) Beer.
(b) Blood.
(c) Spearmint.
(d) Tobacco.

12. What is the name of Experience Gibb's uncle in "1952, And Other Years"?
(a) Mack.
(b) Dell.
(c) Dave.
(d) Max.

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

14. What does R.C. lift out the window in "Remembering Dream"?
(a) A wreath.
(b) A child.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her dog.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Marty O. Dyke blaming in her poem?

2. Maggie Hoyal's mother is a _______________.

3. Who molests Bella Moon?

4. Where are Frank and Uncle Karl going to go on a trip when Frank refused to join him?

5. How old is Maggie Hoyal when her father raped her?

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