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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. Who walks into the room when Daddy Kanagy is molesting Karen Asherah?

2. How old is Billie Holiday when she is nearly raped?

3. Where does Daddy Kanagy molest Karen Asherah again?

4. What kind of pool do the Jeffersons have in "The Fourth of July"?

5. What color is Mrs. Jefferson's hair in "The Fourth of July"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Karen Asherah not tell her mother about Daddy Kanagy's unwanted touches?

2. Who molests Honor Moore?

3. What were the effects of several occurrences of sexual abuse on Miriam Monasch when she was younger?

4. Who were the Kanagys to Karen Asherah?

5. What analogy does Lillian Kelly use to describe how the pain of the molestation affected her life?

6. What did the priest's unwanted kiss cost Beverly Sky in "A Priest Kiss"?

7. What happens to the little girl in Martha Roger's story "Street Fair"?

8. Who is Kate Millett?

9. What happens in the poem "Peaches of My Childhood"?

10. Why does Jana Vincenti's mother want to help her deal with the pain of the rape?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the allegorical implications of "A Totally White World." Compare the experience of Hummy to those of Maya Angelou and Billie Holiday.

Essay Topic 2

How did these experiences serve as a lens for both how these women saw the world and themselves? What did these women gain from these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

Should these women be defined as having survived the abuse or defined by what they accomplished in their lives, despite the abuse? Can one truly be separated from the other? Why or why not?

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