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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. How many autobiographical books did Maya Angelou write?

2. What is Mr. Freeman's fate at the end of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

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

4. How old is Lynn Swenson when her parents divorced?

5. Who does R.C. bury in the "Remembering Dream"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to Experience Gibbs in second grade?

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

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

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

8. How did Desi's grandmother abuse her?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does the media play in perpetuating the image of women as objects of sexual pleasure? Do you agree with Ellen Bass's indictments of the media and society made in the Introduction?

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

Discuss the themes of justice and injustice as depicted in several pieces in the anthology.

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