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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The True Face of Earth - Nancy Whiteley.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did most of the women at York Correctional Institution ask Wally about on his first visit with them?
(a) If he was married.
(b) What kind of car he drove.
(c) What it was like to meet Oprah.
(d) If he had ever been in jail.

2. When Nancy was fifteen, she had a date ____________________.
(a) Near the airport.
(b) At a movie theater.
(c) At a basketball game.
(d) At an amusement park.

3. Nancy Whitely's story was one of striving to be _______________.
(a) Loved.
(b) Talented.
(c) Smart.
(d) Beautiful.

4. How old was Nancy at the beginning of her story?
(a) 13.
(b) 21.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

5. How old was Wally Lamb when he knew he wanted to teach?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Wally when he published his first novel?

2. In what state was the institution in #6 located?

3. Who was the prisoner who read two pages of her life story which encouraged the other women to do the same?

4. Who was Marge Cohen?

5. What was the name of the institution where Wally went to teach writing in 1999?

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