2. What does Kennedy say mothers do to give their children power?
(a) Love them.
(b) Teach them.
(c) All of these.
(d) Believe in them.

3. Who wrote Cosmetics Do No Good?
(a) Steve Kowit.
(b) Richard Wilbur.
(c) Frued.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. What happens to George Santayana after the death of his wife?
(a) He finds God.
(b) His age accelerates.
(c) He comes closer to his children.
(d) He sees doors opening.

5. What is traded for dolls in Puberty--With Capital Letters?
(a) Friends.
(b) Aging.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Punishment.

6. Whom does Blake find dead in a garden one morning in Poison Tree?
(a) His son.
(b) His enemy.
(c) His father.
(d) His friend.

7. What is traded for knowledge in You Begin?
(a) Time.
(b) Sanity.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Love.

8. How does Kennedy describe the relationship women have with beauty?
(a) Complicated.
(b) Natural.
(c) Prosaic.
(d) Frustrating.

9. What brought about early bedtime in Grown-up?
(a) Tantrums.
(b) Father.
(c) Sickness.
(d) The sun.

10. What does Kennedy say defines a mother's character?
(a) How religious she is.
(b) How her children turn out.
(c) How her spouse treats her.
(d) How she responds to solitude.

11. What does Kennedy say nobody wants to be?
(a) Inexperienced.
(b) Old.
(c) Middle aged.
(d) Young.

12. What does Kennedy say about her own experience as a mother?
(a) It was not at all what she imagined.
(b) It was the most rewarding path she could have taken.
(c) It was something she never saw for herself.
(d) It is the best thing that ever happened to her.

13. Who wrote High School Senior?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Mary Morrison.
(c) Sharon Olds.
(d) Linda Pastan.

14. What must be put away during the most solemn industry according to Emily Dickinson?
(a) Love.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Memories.

15. Who wrote You Begin?
(a) Ellen Hagan.
(b) Margaret Atwood.
(c) Li Po.
(d) Mary Olliver.