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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 for an analogy of how the abuse affected her?
(a) A car.
(b) A baby.
(c) A vase.
(d) A flower.

2. What form is the poem "First Time: 1950" written in?
(a) Haiku.
(b) Ode.
(c) Sonnet.
(d) Sestina.

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

4. How old is Jana Vincenti when her mother helps her write "Daughter," about when she was raped?
(a) 12 years old.
(b) 13 years old.
(c) 7 years old.
(d) 15 years old.

5. What is the name of the mom's boyfriend who rapes Jana Vincenti?
(a) Danny.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Freddie.
(d) Mikey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miriam Monasch's father calls her his little _________.

2. What denomination is Honor Moore's father a minister in?

3. How old is Jana Vincenti's mom, Arlene, when she is raped and becomes pregnant with Jana?

4. How old is Billie Holiday when she dies?

5. What is the name of the man who tried to rape Billie Holiday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Lois Phillips Hudson molested in "Why Aren't There More Creative Women?"

4. What is the main thing Lois Phillips Hudson laments in her essay "Why Aren't There More Creative Women""?

5. Under what circumstances does Billie Holiday end up in a bedroom with the man who rapes her?

6. What happened to Lillian Kelly and how did she handle the pain that followed?

7. What two incidents with the priest did Beverly Sky have conflicting feelings about?

8. What happens to Pat Parker in her story "Shoes"?

9. Who molests Honor Moore?

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

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