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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. Who molests Naomi Schwartz?

2. Where is Lillian Kelly born?

3. Where is the shoe store in Pat Parker's story "Shoes"?

4. What cartoon does Karen Asherah sometimes watch at the Kanagy's?

5. Who is Lillian Kelly worried about in her poem "Aftermath"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What further indignity does Billie Holiday suffer after nearly being raped?

3. Who is Patsy in the poem "Peaches of My Childhood"?

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

5. What happens to Pat Parker in her story "Shoes"?

6. Who were the Kanagys to Karen Asherah?

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

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

9. Who is Kate Millett?

10. What happens in the story "Trophy Girl"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Should these women be defined as having survived the abuse or defined by what they accomplished in their lives, despite the abuse? Can one truly be separated from the other? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss which story resonated with you the most and why.

Essay Topic 3

According to Ellen Bass in the Introduction, why is there such a stigma associated with childhood sexual abuse? Why does Bass contend that openly discussing sexual abuse will help diminish this stigma and perhaps even the frequency with which the abuse is perpetrated? Do you agree or disagree?

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