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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. Which of the following is not one of the answers given to the third question the author presents with multiple answers in the book?

2. Who is quoted in the play saying that many African communities are quietly putting an end to genital mutilation?

3. Which of the following words was not used to describe the first lesbian experience of the speaker of "The Little Coochi Snorcher that Could"?

4. How old is the young girl that the author asks standard questions about the vagina?

5. Complete this sentence by a young girl regarding the vagina, "Somewhere inside it, I know it has a really smart ______".

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the responses to the question "What does a Vagina Smell Like"?

2. How are the spotlight campaigns described in "V-World"?

3. What role did college campuses have in furthering the V-Day movement?

4. How does the author describe the birth of her granddaughter in the book?

5. How does the speaker in "The Little Coochi Snorcher that Could" describe her intimate encounter with an older woman when she was 16?

6. How is raising V-Day awareness described in "Spreading the Word"?

7. How does a woman attempt to shame her husband in "Crooked Braid"?

8. How is the burqa described in the monologue "Under the Burqa"?

9. How do the authors describe the original creation of V-Day by Eve Ensler in the monologue "In the Beginning"?

10. How does the author address spousal violence in "Islamabad"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author allows herself to become a character in the book by adding commentary throughout the play. What reason did the author have for inputting so much personal information into the context of the book, and did it help or hinder the text?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's portrayal of various cultural traditions in the play and analyze the impact they have on women. What impact do the traditions discussed in "Crooked Braid" and "Under the Burqa" have on the women subjected to follow them because of the culture they live in?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role menstruation plays in the book. What place does menstruation have in the creation of the female identity, according to the monologue "When I was Twelve My Mother Slapped me"?

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