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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Doyle's analogies in "Questions," if faith is water what is religion?
(a) A sieve.
(b) A droplet.
(c) A glass.
(d) A bathtub.

2. Who is described as Jason's wife in "Boys"?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Natasha.
(c) Rochelle.
(d) Mary.

3. To what does Doyle compare love in a metaphor in "Boulders"?
(a) A tulip.
(b) A rosebush.
(c) A teardrop.
(d) A river.

4. Doyle states in "Boys" that girls born into a patriarchal society become either shrewd or what?
(a) Armored.
(b) Sick.
(c) Wise.
(d) Strong.

5. What did Doyle joke the reason was that everyone is so gay all of a sudden at the conference in "Questions"?
(a) Bad parenting.
(b) Pollution.
(c) GMOs.
(d) Overpopulation.

6. What famous essay by Martin Luther King, Jr. does Doyle discuss in "Racists"?
(a) "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence."
(b) "I Have a Dream."
(c) "On the Importance of Jazz."
(d) "Letter from Birmingham Jail."

7. What was the meeting in the 1970s called of 15,000 pastors to train them on how to convince their congregations to vote for anti-choice, anti-gay candidates?
(a) The Religious Right Base.
(b) The Religious Roundtable.
(c) The Right Roundtable.
(d) The Ministry Sessions.

8. How many choices does Doyle assert we have when hate or division is being spread in our religious institutions in "Decals"?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

9. In "Racists," Doyle describes, in metaphor, growing up in a mine and the air being what?
(a) Filled with sand.
(b) Heavy.
(c) Smokey.
(d) Misogyny.

10. What did Abby describe protecting her island with Doyle in her metaphor in "Islands"?
(a) An army.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A ship.
(d) A moat.

11. In what grade is Amma in Doyle's narrative about her in "Bases"?
(a) Third.
(b) Second.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Fourth.

12. Who is the friend that eight-year-old Tish said did not like her in the dialogue in "Talks"?
(a) Anna.
(b) Keri.
(c) Mary.
(d) Sara.

13. What organization did Doyle help form for children on the border?
(a) Helping Hands.
(b) Women United.
(c) Women Rising.
(d) Together Rising.

14. What was Tish's soccer jersey issued to her printed with, causing her to lead a revolt?
(a) "Lady Bruins."
(b) "Lady Rustlers."
(c) "Lady Lions."
(d) "Lady Badgers."

15. At what rate are black drug users incarcerated versus white drug users, according to Doyle in "Racists"?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 6 times.
(d) 4 times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Chase say he read gave up his phone in "Poems"?

2. What friend did not like Tish when she was 12, according to the narrative in "Talks"?

3. Doyle states in "Poems" that right after itchy boredom is what?

4. What is brave parenting, according to Doyle in "Poems"?

5. For how long had Ariel been separated from his family when Doyle's sister escorted him to them again?

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