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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. How old is Maggie Hoyal when she runs away from home?

2. What could Lynn Swenson taste after her grandfather left her?

3. What does Marty O. Dyke accuse her father of in her poem?

4. How old is Maggie Hoyal when her father started abusing her?

5. Where are Frank and Uncle Karl going to go on a trip when Frank refused to join him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Yarrow Morgan's childhood like?

2. What is "Remembering Dream" about?

3. What is some of the success Maya Angelou has experienced in her life?

4. What happens to Maggie at age fourteen in "These Are the Things I Remember"?

5. How did Jill Morgan finally end the brutal abuse at the hands of her father and mother?

6. Why did Blanche Woodbury's brother blame her for their mother's illness?

7. What is Marty O. Dyke's poem "Yeah I'm Blaming You" about?

8. What happens to Experience Gibbs in second grade?

9. What brought about the creation of "I Never Told Anyone"?

10. How were both Jill Morgan's parents responsible for her abuse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the generational effect of child sexual abuse as demonstrated in the lives of these women and what can be done to change this pattern?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss which story resonated with you the most and why.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of powerlessness and empowerment in terms of five women in the anthology. Give specific examples of themes from the pieces chosen for your discussion.

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