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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. What color is the Jefferson's living room in The Fourth of July?

2. Lois Phillips Hudson believes that the fear of ________ steals women's creative energy.

3. How old is Honor Moore in the events described in "First Time: 1950"?

4. Who molests Naomi Schwartz?

5. What color is the car that the man drives who stops to offer Kate Millett a ride in the snowstorm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Honor Moore's childhood like?

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

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

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

5. What did the priest's unwanted kiss cost Beverly Sky in "A Priest Kiss"?

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

7. Who molests Honor Moore?

8. What analogy does Lillian Kelly use to describe how the pain of the molestation affected her life?

9. How is Lois Phillips Hudson molested in "Why Aren't There More Creative Women?"

10. Who were the Kanagys to Karen Asherah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has reading this anthology helped form your view of child sexual abuse? What should be done to help survivors, both as children and adults, deal with the abuse? What should be done to punish or help the abusers?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the more brutal stories of abuse in "It Began for Me" and "A Totally White World" in terms of tone and thematic content.

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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