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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 Maggie Hoyal grow up?
(a) In Barbados.
(b) In Florida.
(c) In California.
(d) In St. Lucia.

2. Where does Uncle Karl invite Louise Thornton's brother, Frank, to go with him?
(a) Horse races.
(b) Stock car races.
(c) Circus.
(d) Carnival.

3. Who is crying in "Remember Dream"?
(a) The father.
(b) The sister.
(c) The dog.
(d) The grandmother.

4. What does Maggie Hoyal tell her father is wrong with her to put him off for a while?
(a) Her period.
(b) Stomach virus.
(c) Lice.
(d) Bad cold.

5. In what year is Maya Angelou the "Ladies Home Journal" Woman of the Year?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1975.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maya Angelou's mother trained to be a _________.

2. How many autobiographical books did Maya Angelou write?

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

4. Who is Mr. Freeman in "I know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Jude Brister's childhood like?

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

3. What was Yarrow Morgan's childhood like?

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

5. What happens to Experience Gibbs in second grade?

6. What is "Remembering Dream" about?

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

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

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

10. Why does Maya Angelou enjoy Mr. Freeman holding her the first time he abuses her?

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