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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Freeman tell Maya Angelou happened after he molests her the first time?
(a) He loves her.
(b) Her mother will hate her.
(c) She wet the bed.
(d) She is a naughty girl.

2. Who threatens her father when Jill Morgan leaves the hospital?
(a) Her mother.
(b) The social worker.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Her grandmother.

3. What does Lynn see everywhere at the end of "From My Half Sleep"?
(a) Blood.
(b) Sand.
(c) Rage.
(d) Emptiness.

4. How old is Maya Angelou in "I know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
(a) 6 years old.
(b) 10 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 8 years old.

5. Maggie Hoyal's mother is a _______________.
(a) Nurse.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Waitress.

6. Who is crying in "Remember Dream"?
(a) The grandmother.
(b) The dog.
(c) The father.
(d) The sister.

7. How many cities does Jill Morgan live in the five years of moving after coming home from the hospital?
(a) Fifteen cities.
(b) Seven cities.
(c) Five cities.
(d) Nine cities.

8. What is Mr. Freeman's fate at the end of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
(a) Prison.
(b) Work camp.
(c) Death.
(d) Freedom.

9. How old is Maggie Hoyal when her father started abusing her?
(a) Nine years old.
(b) Six months old.
(c) Nine months old.
(d) Two years old.

10. Yarrow Morgan's poem describes Yarrow as a __________.
(a) Teenager.
(b) Child.
(c) Woman.
(d) Baby.

11. What does Maggie Hoyal tell her father is wrong with her to put him off for a while?
(a) Lice.
(b) Stomach virus.
(c) Her period.
(d) Bad cold.

12. Where is Jean Monroe's mother when her father begins to touching her?
(a) Work.
(b) Store.
(c) A relatives' house.
(d) Hospital.

13. How old is Yarrow Morgan when she first told her mother about the abuse?
(a) 8 years old.
(b) 12 years old.
(c) 4 years old.
(d) 14 years old.

14. Yarrow Morgan is born in _____________.
(a) South Carolina.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) North Dakota.

15. How old is Maggie Hoyal when her father raped her?
(a) 12 years old.
(b) 11 years old.
(c) 14 years old.
(d) 16 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maya Angelou live in "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

2. Where does Desi's abuse take place?

3. Men often hassle Jean Monroe as she walks to _____________.

4. What does R.C. lift out the window in "Remembering Dream"?

5. In what year is Maya Angelou the "Ladies Home Journal" Woman of the Year?

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