View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Freeman in "I know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

2. What is Uncle Karl's nickname for Louise Thornton?

3. Who is crying in "Remember Dream"?

4. Where does Blanche Woodbury say her brother lives in her poem, "My Brother"?

5. Who helps cause her miscarriage the last time Jill Morgan's father attacked her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens after Mr. Freeman rapes Maya Angelou?

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

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

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

9. What happens to Experience Gibbs in second grade?

10. How did Desi's grandmother abuse her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss which story resonated with you the most and why.

Essay Topic 2

How did these experiences serve as a lens for both how these women saw the world and themselves? What did these women gain from these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

What is the generational effect of child sexual abuse as demonstrated in the lives of these women and what can be done to change this pattern?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 830 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample