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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 Maya Angelou spend her Saturdays in "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
(a) Library.
(b) Park.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) Store.

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

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

4. The story "These are the Things I Remember" starts with Maggie Hoyal's memory of what?
(a) A beating.
(b) A tree.
(c) A train.
(d) A dog.

5. Maggie Hoyal's mother is a _______________.
(a) Waitress.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the grandfather watch undress in the poem "From My Half Sleep"?

2. Where is Jean Monroe's mother when her father begins to touching her?

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

4. Where is Marty O. Dyke born?

5. Where does Louise Thornton's cousin Claire and her family live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was Yarrow Morgan's childhood like?

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

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