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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. Maya Angelou's mother trained to be a _________.

2. In what year is Maya Angelou the "Ladies Home Journal" Woman of the Year?

3. What does Marty O. Dyke accuse her father of in her poem?

4. Jean Monroe is born in the ___________.

5. Men often hassle Jean Monroe as she walks to _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lynn Swenson describe in her poem called "From My Half-Sleep"?

2. What is some of the success Maya Angelou has experienced in her life?

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

4. How did Desi's grandmother abuse her?

5. What was Jude Brister's childhood like?

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

7. What is Marty O. Dyke's poem "Yeah I'm Blaming You" about?

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

9. What happens in "These Are the Things I remember" when Maggie tells her mother about what her father did to her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare this anthology to other works about child sexual abuse in terms of content, theme and the p of its message.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between guilt and shame and the role these emotions played in the pieces throughout the anthology. Give examples by using quotes to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the purpose of this analogy, the effectiveness of the pieces chosen and whether that purpose was accomplished. Give specific examples of analogies from the pieces chosen for your discussion.

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