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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. Miriam's brother in "The Fourth of July" knows the Jefferson boy from ___________.
(a) Scouts.
(b) Soccer.
(c) School.
(d) Church.

2. What denomination is Honor Moore's father a minister in?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Episcopal.
(c) Pentacostal.
(d) Methodist.

3. What religious occasion is it on the day Beverly Sky goes to the church early?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Ash Wednesday.
(c) First Communion.
(d) All Saints Day.

4. Who else kisses Ann in "Trophy Girl"?
(a) A flagman.
(b) A photographer.
(c) A race official.
(d) A mechanic.

5. Where is Lillian Kelly born?
(a) California.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Texas.
(d) Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lillian Kelly use for an analogy of how the abuse affected her?

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

3. What is the girl looking at inside the fence in "Street Fair"?

4. What is the name of the boy who molests Miriam in "The Fourth of July"?

5. Where is the shoe store in Pat Parker's story "Shoes"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Karen Asherah not tell her mother about Daddy Kanagy's unwanted touches?

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

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

7. What happens in the story "Trophy Girl"?

8. Who were the Kanagys to Karen Asherah?

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

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

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