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

2. Who threatens her father when Jill Morgan leaves the hospital?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The social worker.

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

4. What does Lynn see everywhere at the end of "From My Half Sleep"?
(a) Sand.
(b) Rage.
(c) Blood.
(d) Emptiness.

5. Where is Marty O. Dyke training to work as a printer?
(a) Paris.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York City.
(d) Cleveland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Jill Morgan in the hospital after her father rapes her for the first time?

2. The poem "From My Half Sleep" starts with Lynn lying ____________.

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

4. Where does Maya Angelou spend her Saturdays in "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How were both Jill Morgan's parents responsible for her abuse?

3. How did Jill Morgan finally end the brutal abuse at the hands of her father and mother?

4. How did Desi's grandmother abuse her?

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

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

7. What events does Jean Monroe describe in "California Daughter/1950"?

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

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

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

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