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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. What does Lillian Kelly use to help her cope with the pain of being molested?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Sex.
(c) Food.
(d) Drugs.

2. Where was Mr. Ahmann taking Lois Phillips Hudson when he molested her?
(a) Dentist.
(b) Circus.
(c) School.
(d) Store.

3. What is the name of the sister Ann shares a room with in "Trophy Girl"?
(a) Susan.
(b) Meg.
(c) Cate.
(d) Mary.

4. How old is Billie Holiday when she dies?
(a) 37 years old.
(b) 51 years old.
(c) 44 years old.
(d) 29 years old.

5. Beverly Sky's mother is ____________.
(a) Jewish.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Atheist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lois Phillips Hudson says writers have to have the ego of _________.

2. What does the young man use to distract Honor Moore's baby brother?

3. What color is the car that the man drives who stops to offer Kate Millett a ride in the snowstorm?

4. What does the man in the car admire about Kate Millett's?

5. Who walks into the room when Daddy Kanagy is molesting Karen Asherah?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the idea of innocence important to Jake Gates in "And Now"?

2. What further indignity does Billie Holiday suffer after nearly being raped?

3. Who were the Kanagys to Karen Asherah?

4. Who is Patsy in the poem "Peaches of My Childhood"?

5. What happens to Jana Vincenti when she is only seven?

6. Why does Jana Vincenti's mother want to help her deal with the pain of the rape?

7. What analogy does Lillian Kelly use to describe how the pain of the molestation affected her life?

8. What were the effects of several occurrences of sexual abuse on Miriam Monasch when she was younger?

9. What was Honor Moore's childhood like?

10. What happens to the little girl in Martha Roger's story "Street Fair"?

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