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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what grade did Jamila Wideman join the Amherst Lady Hurricanes?
(a) Ninth grade.
(b) Sixth grade.
(c) Eighth grade.
(d) Seventh grade.

2. How many siblings does Rita Powell have?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. Where were the Amherst Lady Hurricanes playing on the night of March 3, 1992?
(a) Central Mass High School.
(b) Cathedral High School.
(c) Union High School.
(d) Jefferson High School.

4. What is the name of Kristin Marvin's mother?
(a) Marie Louise Marvin.
(b) Anne Teschner.
(c) Megan Marvin.
(d) Gigi Kaeser.

5. When was the first class admitted into the Hampshire College?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1965.

6. What does SAD stand for, as used in the narrative in Chapter 4?
(a) Study of Athletic Discipline.
(b) Standards of Academic Development.
(c) Seasonal Affective Disorder.
(d) Station for Advanced Development.

7. What does the author claim were the "drugs of choice in Amherst" in the 1980s in Chapter 3 (72)?
(a) Real estate and faith in the future.
(b) Granola bars and kale salads.
(c) Cocaine and marijuana.
(d) Heroin and cocaine.

8. When does the author describe Bobby Thompson making a home run that was heard around the world in the Prologue?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1962.

9. What is Rita Powell's mother's name?
(a) Anne Teschner.
(b) Mary Walters.
(c) Carol Gilligan.
(d) Brenda Sepanek.

10. Where had Kristin Marvin lived with her mother for five years after her parents divorced?
(a) Vermont.
(b) New York.
(c) Maryland.
(d) New Hampsire.

11. What had Lucia Maraniss loved to do all her life, according to the author in Chapter 3?
(a) Play piano.
(b) Play guitar.
(c) Ballet dance.
(d) Draw.

12. In what year was there a brutal stabbing murder of a woman in a store parking lot in Amherst?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1992.

13. When did women first enter Amherst College as transfer students?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1975.

14. How many colleges are there in the town of Amherst?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

15. Who is Jamila Wideman's father?
(a) Andrew Lee Wideman.
(b) John Edgar Wideman.
(c) Michael Wideman.
(d) Jason Wideman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the coach for the Amherst Lady Hurricanes in 1992?

2. What is the title of Chapter 4?

3. What did Kathleen Poe consider to be her safety school in regards to potential colleges?

4. Who was the lone senior on the Amherst Lady Hurricanes team that played her last game in March of 1992?

5. Who wrote In a Different Voice?

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