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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Louise Thornton's parents give her for high school graduation?

2. Where does Maya Angelou live in "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

3. What is the name of Experience Gibb's uncle in "1952, And Other Years"?

4. Where is Marty O. Dyke training to work as a printer?

5. Maggie Hoyal's mother is a _______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was R.C.'s childhood like?

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

4. How did Desi's grandmother abuse her?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens to Maggie at age fourteen in "These Are the Things I Remember"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did these experiences serve as a lens for both how these women saw the world and themselves? What did these women gain from these experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of powerlessness and empowerment in terms of five women in the anthology. Give specific examples of themes from the pieces chosen for your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss some of the things that these women lost, sometimes even through the next generation, as a result of childhood abuse.

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