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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. Where does Daddy Kanagy molest Karen Asherah again?

2. Where is Lillian Kelly born?

3. What is the name of the mom's boyfriend who rapes Jana Vincenti?

4. Who molests Naomi Schwartz?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Kate Millett?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Under what circumstances does Billie Holiday end up in a bedroom with the man who rapes her?

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss which story resonated with you the most and why.

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