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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. In "Racists," Doyle describes, in metaphor, growing up in a mine and the air being what?

2. In what year of high school was Chase when Doyle took a walk with him to talk about his phone in "Poems"?

3. Where does Doyle say her mother lives in "Islands"?

4. What did Doyle's father do when her therapist first asked her parents to sit in for a session, according to the narrative in "Racists"?

5. How many choices does Doyle assert we have when hate or division is being spread in our religious institutions in "Decals"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How has Doyle raised her daughters, according to the narrative in "Boys"?

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

5. Why did Doyle react negatively when a character came out to her parents on a TV show in "Concessions"?

6. How is imagination important to empathy?

7. What do boulders represent in "Boulders"?

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

9. What does Doyle remark about modern parents in "Cream Cheeses"?

10. How did the Evangelical Christian church change during and after the Civil Rights Movement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the meaning of "freedom" in Untamed. What does freedom mean to Doyle? What does it mean to you? How do we attain freedom?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Doyle's relationship with her parents. What were Doyle's perceptions of her parents when she was growing up? How did those perceptions change? What is her relationship like now with them?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Doyle's marriage with Abby. When were they married? How cooperative is their parenting style? What is Abby's relationship like with Doyle's children and ex-husband?

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