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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. Where does Louise Thornton's cousin Claire and her family live?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Texas.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Oregon.

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

3. Jean Monroe is born in the ___________.
(a) 1930's.
(b) 1960's.
(c) 1950's.
(d) 1940's.

4. Whose skeleton does R.C. see lying on the bed in "Remembering Dream"?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her mother.

5. How many cities does Jill Morgan live in the five years of moving after coming home from the hospital?
(a) Nine cities.
(b) Seven cities.
(c) Five cities.
(d) Fifteen cities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Jean Monroe's mother always warning her about?

3. Yarrow Morgan is born in _____________.

4. What does the netting in "The Window's Netting" refer to?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in the poem by Yarrow Morgan?

3. What is "Remembering Dream" about?

4. What happens to Maggie at age fourteen in "These Are the Things I Remember"?

5. Why does Maya stop talking for a time after Mr. Freeman's trial?

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

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

8. How did Louise Thornton's family learn about Uncle Karl's abuse and what did they do about it?

9. What happens after Mr. Freeman rapes Maya Angelou?

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

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