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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. Where does Lee rape Carrie in "The Window's Netting"?

2. Who is crying in "Remember Dream"?

3. What could Lynn Swenson taste after her grandfather left her?

4. Maggie Hoyal's mother is a _______________.

5. What color is the brother's comb in Blanche Woodbury's poem, "My Brother"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What events does Jean Monroe describe in "California Daughter/1950"?

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

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

6. What was Yarrow Morgan's childhood like?

7. How were both Jill Morgan's parents responsible for her abuse?

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

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

10. Why does Maya stop talking for a time after Mr. Freeman's trial?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism used in the pieces "Remembering Dream" and "My Half Sleep." What distance to the event do these symbols create for both the author and the reader?

Essay Topic 2

What is the role that trust should play in the life of a child and how is this concept both perverted and obliterated for the victims of sexual abuse in this anthology?

Essay Topic 3

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

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