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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 Maggie Hoyal when her father started abusing her?

2. What color is the brother's comb in Blanche Woodbury's poem, "My Brother"?

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

4. What is the name of Experience Gibb's uncle in "1952, And Other Years"?

5. How old is Desi when her grandmother began abusing her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Experience Gibbs in second grade?

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

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

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

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

7. What happens in the poem by Yarrow Morgan?

8. What was Yarrow Morgan's childhood like?

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

10. What was Jude Brister's childhood like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism used in the pieces "Remembering Dream" and "My Half Sleep." What distance to the event do these symbols create for both the author and the reader?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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