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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. Whose presidency does Doyle saddle with having created the Religious Right movement?

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

3. What does Doyle say privilege is in "Bases"?

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

5. Doyle told her daughters in "Racists" that someone once told her that marching is what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is imagination important to empathy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Doyle present her perspective on sexuaity and choice in "Permission Slips"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of feeling everything in Untamed. How does feeling pain help us to grow as people? How does Doyle demonstrate this in the memoir? What does Doyle write about feeling negative feelings?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the narrative styles that are employed in Untamed. How does the narrative change from chapter to chapter (or within chapters)? Why does the narrative change? How would the book transform if a different narrative style were used?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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