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

2. Who does Mr. Freeman threaten to kill if Maya Angelou tells about what he did?

3. What is Jean Monroe's mother always warning her about?

4. Who molests Bella Moon?

5. Who is Marty O. Dyke blaming in her poem?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jill Morgan finally end the brutal abuse at the hands of her father and mother?

2. What happens in the poem by Yarrow Morgan?

3. What brought about the creation of "I Never Told Anyone"?

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

5. Why didn't Experience Gibbs want to contribute to this anthology?

6. What happens to Experience Gibbs in second grade?

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

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

9. Why does Maya Angelou enjoy Mr. Freeman holding her the first time he abuses her?

10. What is "Remembering Dream" about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Ellen Bass in the Introduction, why is there such a stigma associated with childhood sexual abuse? Why does Bass contend that openly discussing sexual abuse will help diminish this stigma and perhaps even the frequency with which the abuse is perpetrated? Do you agree or disagree?

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

What is the paradox that often exists for children who experienced sexual abuse? How does this paradox affect both how they endure the abuse and how they handle the aftermath?

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