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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. What is the name of Carrie's brother in "The Window's Netting"?

2. Who does Jean Monroe finally tell about the abuse?

3. Maya Angelou compares Mr. Freeman to what animal?

4. What do Louise Thornton's parents give her for high school graduation?

5. Who threatens her father when Jill Morgan leaves the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "Remembering Dream" about?

2. What was R.C.'s childhood like?

3. What two animals does Maya Angelou compare Mr. Freeman to In "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

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

5. What was Jude Brister's childhood like?

6. Under what circumstances was Jill Morgan hospitalized for several weeks at age four?

7. What does Lynn Swenson describe in her poem called "From My Half-Sleep"?

8. What led Jean Monroe to finally tell her mother about her father's abuse?

9. What events occur before Mr. Freeman rapes Maya Angelou?

10. What happens in "These Are the Things I remember" when Maggie tells her mother about what her father did to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has reading this anthology helped form your view of child sexual abuse? What should be done to help survivors, both as children and adults, deal with the abuse? What should be done to punish or help the abusers?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss three pieces in the anthology in terms of the imagery used and how imagery impacts both the literary and thematic aspects of the work.

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