I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Ellen Bass
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Ellen Bass
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Yarrow Morgan's poem describes Yarrow as a __________.

2. What does Maya Angelou's mother think is wrong with her daughter after the rape?

3. Where does Maggie Hoyal grow up?

4. How old is Jill Morgan when her father rapes her for the first time?

5. Mr. Freeman sends Maya Angelou to the store to buy what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in "The Window's Netting"?

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

4. What events does Jean Monroe describe in "California Daughter/1950"?

5. What was Yarrow Morgan's childhood like?

6. What happens to Experience Gibbs in second grade?

7. What happens after Mr. Freeman rapes Maya Angelou?

8. What was Maggie Hoyal's childhood like and what caused her to write about her abuse?

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

10. Why does Maya stop talking for a time after Mr. Freeman's trial?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss which story resonated with you the most and why.

Essay Topic 2

According to Ellen Bass in the Introduction, why is there such a stigma associated with childhood sexual abuse? Why does Bass contend that openly discussing sexual abuse will help diminish this stigma and perhaps even the frequency with which the abuse is perpetrated? Do you agree or disagree?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the more brutal stories of abuse in "It Began for Me" and "A Totally White World" in terms of tone and thematic content.

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