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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 old is Blanche Woodbury's brother when he began abusing her?

2. Who else does Jude Brister discover her father had molested?

3. Where is Jude Brister born?

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

5. The story "These are the Things I Remember" starts with Maggie Hoyal's memory of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Marty O. Dyke's poem "Yeah I'm Blaming You" about?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens to Experience Gibbs in second grade?

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

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

Discuss three pieces in the anthology in terms of the imagery used and how imagery impacts both the literary and thematic aspects of the work.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the purpose of this analogy, the effectiveness of the pieces chosen and whether that purpose was accomplished. Give specific examples of analogies from the pieces chosen for your discussion.

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