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

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

3. Where are Frank and Uncle Karl going to go on a trip when Frank refused to join him?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Texas.

4. Where does most of Yarrow Morgan's poem take place?
(a) A crib.
(b) A couch.
(c) A car.
(d) A bed.

5. Who is Greermar in "Remembering Dream"?
(a) Father.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jean Monroe want to assure her father of the first time he touches her?

2. What do Louise Thornton's parents give her for high school graduation?

3. Where does Maggie Hoyal grow up?

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

5. Maya Angelou compares Mr. Freeman to what animal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens in "The Window's Netting"?

4. How did Desi's grandmother abuse her?

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

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

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

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

9. What is "Remembering Dream" about?

10. How does Bella Moon describe the abuse she suffered in her story "Silence"?

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