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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Maggie Hoyal when she runs away from home?
(a) 11 years old.
(b) 16 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 14 years old.

2. Where is Marty O. Dyke born?
(a) Ohio.
(b) California.
(c) Texas.
(d) New York.

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

4. Where does Carrie go with her father and brother in "The Window's Netting"?
(a) A campground.
(b) A lake.
(c) A hike.
(d) A cabin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Freeman sends Maya Angelou to the store to buy what?

2. Who is Greermar in "Remembering Dream"?

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

4. How old is Blanche Woodbury's brother when he began abusing her?

5. Jean Monroe is born in the ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Under what circumstances was Jill Morgan hospitalized for several weeks at age four?

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

3. What was Jude Brister's childhood like?

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

5. What brought about the creation of "I Never Told Anyone"?

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

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

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

9. What was Maggie Hoyal's childhood like and what caused her to write about her abuse?

10. What was R.C.'s childhood like?

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