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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 does R.C. lift out the window in "Remembering Dream"?

2. How old is Jill Morgan when her father ties her to the bed with his belt to rape her?

3. How old is Lynn Swenson when her grandfather molests her?

4. Who does the grandfather watch undress in the poem "From My Half Sleep"?

5. Maggie Hoyal's mother is a _______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Jude Brister's childhood like?

4. What happens in the poem by Yarrow Morgan?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the more brutal stories of abuse in "It Began for Me" and "A Totally White World" in terms of tone and thematic content.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the allegorical implications of "A Totally White World." Compare the experience of Hummy to those of Maya Angelou and Billie Holiday.

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