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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 percentage of white Americans approve of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today, according to Doyle in "Racists"?

2. What does Doyle consider to be the catalyst of compassion in "Bases"?

3. To what does Doyle equate judgment to in "Bloodbaths"?

4. To what does Doyle compare internet porn producers in "Woods"?

5. How old was Doyle when she first went to have Botox treatments?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Doyle raised her son, according to the narrative in "Boys"?

2. What is Together Rising and what is its mission?

3. Why is boredom important to kids, according to Doyle in "Poems"?

4. Why did Abby turn against God, according to the narrative in "Knots"?

5. What do boulders represent in "Boulders"?

6. What did the elderly woman ask Doyle at a speaking engagement in "Questions"? How did Doyle respond?

7. What inspired Doyle to begin self-educating herself about race and racism?

8. What is "cancel cultre" and how does it apply in "Racists"?

9. What happened when Doyle and her husband bought Chase a cell phone?

10. How is imagination important to empathy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss three examples of irony in Untamed. What dramatic irony is employed in the memoir? What are examples of situational irony that arise? What purpose does each example serve to the work?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Doyle's struggles with bulimia as a child and young adult. When did she begin struggling with bulimia? What treatment did she seek for it? How did the treatment affect her?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Doyle's struggles with drug and alcohol abuse. When did these struggles begin? When did she get sober? How did she get sober? How did that change her?

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