View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Maggie Hoyal's mother is a _______________.
(a) Nurse.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Waitress.
(d) Teacher.

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

5. Where does Lee rape Carrie in "The Window's Netting"?
(a) In a tent.
(b) In a cabin.
(c) In a car.
(d) In the woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Desi when her grandmother began abusing her?

2. Who does Jean Monroe finally tell about the abuse?

3. How many cities does Jill Morgan live in the five years of moving after coming home from the hospital?

4. What does Lynn see everywhere at the end of "From My Half Sleep"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What led Jean Monroe to finally tell her mother about her father's abuse?

2. Why did Blanche Woodbury's brother blame her for their mother's illness?

3. What happens to Experience Gibbs in second grade?

4. What happens in "These Are the Things I remember" when Maggie tells her mother about what her father did to her?

5. What was Yarrow Morgan's childhood like?

6. Why didn't Experience Gibbs want to contribute to this anthology?

7. What does Lynn Swenson come to understand about her mother as she comes to term with her own abuse?

8. What events occur before Mr. Freeman rapes Maya Angelou?

9. What does Lynn Swenson describe in her poem called "From My Half-Sleep"?

10. What is some of the success Maya Angelou has experienced in her life?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 723 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample