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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 is Hough's opinion of cops in general?

2. What was one reason Hough did not want to have sex with her first boyfriend?

3. How did Hough first start finding others who had been in The Family?

4. Why did Hough get arrested in Part III again?

5. What did Hough's mother tell her about the time she had spent with Gabe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Karen continue to haunt Hough's life?

4. What did Hough sometimes like about Gabe, her stepfather?

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

6. What did Hough think Rhonda did not really get about being together in the public places Rhonda liked to go to?

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

8. What did Rhonda do after their breakup that Hough thought crossed a line?

9. How does Hough account for her own behavior that others sometimes see as empathetic?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hough's rape and subsequent abortion affect her view of and experiences with men both in and out of the military context going forward? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hough use humor, and why do you think she employs humor how and when she does throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

According to Hough, what was the effect of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy in the U.S. Air Force during the years she served? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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