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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had Bonnie been in prison at the time she wrote her story?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 22 years.
(d) 16 years.

2. What was always important in Bonnie's family?
(a) Religion.
(b) Education.
(c) Food.
(d) Art.

3. What did Brenda's mother keep all over the house?
(a) Bottles of liquor.
(b) Boxes of tissues.
(c) Religious icons.
(d) Notepads.

4. How did Barbara's mother die?
(a) She committed suicide.
(b) She was in a car accident.
(c) She drowned.
(d) She had cancer.

5. Why did Mo'Shay resent her mother?
(a) She did not let her have any joy in life.
(b) She abandoned her when she was a baby.
(c) She won't increase her allowance.
(d) She won't let her date boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Barbara have?

2. Who was Mo'Shay?

3. In what country was Bonnie born?

4. When was the only time Robin could enjoy the sun?

5. In what U.S. state was Bonnie raised?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Shirley Shambly in Michelle Jessamy's story and why did Shirley's daughter, Mo'Shay resent her mother?

2. How did Diane Bartholomew describe her very difficult childhood?

3. What is the significance of the chapter, "Dancing in Leg Chains"?

4. What did Diane's father make her do when he took her hunting for the first time?

5. How did Bonnie's role at the prison change from when she was a new inmate to the present day?

6. What did Brenda's mother do to her one night from which her father had to save Brenda and what did her father pray for each night?

7. What was the Christmas basket program in prison?

8. Who was Reese and how did he enter Mo'Shay's life?

9. What effect did Barbara think that her incarceration had on her children?

10. Who was Manny and what negative impact did he have on Brenda's life?

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