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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 did Hough try to save from her meals in prison?

2. What language was the first one Hough was supposed to learn after joining the Air Force?

3. What musician did Hough realize a lot of lesbians liked to play recordings from?

4. What band did Autumn like?

5. What did Mikey tell Hough they would both probably be as adults?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in the early days of Hough's relationship with Rhonda?

2. Why did the cult's threats about Hough's possible fate not have much of an effect on her in her childhood?

3. How did Hough feel after returning to Texas with her mother after leaving the cult?

4. Why did Hough decide not to break up with Rhonda as planned?

5. Who did Hough look for as soon as she was released from prison, and why?

6. What did Hough tell her brother Mikey she wanted to be when she grew up, and why?

7. What was the event that Hough ended up in jail for?

8. What did Gabe tell Hough about her homosexuality when she was a young girl?

9. How did Hough's mother react when Hough showed her David Berg's obituary?

10. When did Hough realize she was pregnant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What parallels does Hough draw between her experiences in the Children of God and the rising phenomenon and election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hough's mother react to her bringing her news about David Berg and the cult some years after they left? Why does Hough's mother have such a strong reaction? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does Hough believe are the underlying causes of some of her experiences with depression and anxiety, and, towards the end of the book, what are some of the ways she figures out to deal effectively with these problems? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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