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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. Lois Phillips Hudson says writers have to have the ego of _________.

2. Who molests Naomi Schwartz?

3. Where is the shoe store in Pat Parker's story "Shoes"?

4. Miriam's brother in "The Fourth of July" knows the Jefferson boy from ___________.

5. How old is Jana Vincenti's mom, Arlene, when she is raped and becomes pregnant with Jana?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main thing Lois Phillips Hudson laments in her essay "Why Aren't There More Creative Women""?

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

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

4. What happens in the story "Trophy Girl"?

5. What two incidents with the priest did Beverly Sky have conflicting feelings about?

6. Why is the idea of innocence important to Jake Gates in "And Now"?

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

8. What was Honor Moore's childhood like?

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

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

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 the purpose of this analogy, the effectiveness of the pieces chosen and whether that purpose was accomplished. Give specific examples of analogies from the pieces chosen for your discussion.

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