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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the author discuss the birth of in the book?
(a) Her grandson.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her granddaughter.

2. Who is quoted in the play saying that many African communities are quietly putting an end to genital mutilation?
(a) The Women's Encyclopedia.
(b) The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Boston Globe.

3. What does the author describe her flood with when describing a dream she had about it?
(a) Sharks.
(b) Blood.
(c) Death.
(d) Little boats and sea animals.

4. How old is the woman described in the introduction to "The Flood" that had never seen her vagina?
(a) 70.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 50.

5. How would the speaker of "The Beat the Girl out of my Boy...or so the Tried" be described?
(a) A rape victim.
(b) A transgender.
(c) A woman.
(d) A man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the root causes of violence against women are, in the Introduction?

2. What does the speaker of "Crooked Braid" say came loose in her husband when they made love?

3. How does the abused woman from another country become disfigured because of her husband?

4. What does the speaker of "I Was there in the room" say is the reason for the human organ's similarity to the vagina?

5. What does the speaker of "The Vulva Club" say she had a collection of as a child?

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