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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 children does Lois Phillips Hudson say Mr. Ahmann had?

2. Lois Phillips Hudson is a professor at which university?

3. What is the girl looking at inside the fence in "Street Fair"?

4. What word does Jade Gates focus on in "And Now"?

5. Where is Lillian Kelly born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the poem "Peaches of My Childhood"?

2. What happened to Lillian Kelly and how did she handle the pain that followed?

3. What is the main thing Lois Phillips Hudson laments in her essay "Why Aren't There More Creative Women""?

4. What happens in "The Fourth of July"?

5. Why does Jana Vincenti's mother want to help her deal with the pain of the rape?

6. What happens to the little girl in Martha Roger's story "Street Fair"?

7. What were the effects of several occurrences of sexual abuse on Miriam Monasch when she was younger?

8. Who is Kate Millett?

9. What was Ann Simonton's experience as a model?

10. Who were the Kanagys to Karen Asherah?

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 some of the things that these women lost, sometimes even through the next generation, as a result of childhood abuse.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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