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

2. Who is the boy in Amma's class that is discussed in "Bases"?

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

4. Who is described as Jason's wife in "Boys"?

5. Doyle states in "Questions" that she does not believe that "gayness" is contagious, but that she does believe what is?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is imagination important to empathy?

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

4. What does Doyle liken the experience of unlearning racism to in "Racism"?

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

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

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

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

9. What do boulders represent in "Boulders"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Doyle's struggles in her previous marriage to Craig. When did the couple begin seeing a therapist? Why? How did they overcome these struggles? What is their relationship like now?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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