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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. To what does Doyle compare love in a metaphor in "Boulders"?

2. Using Doyle's analogy in "Questions," sexuality is what?

3. What is brave parenting, according to Doyle in "Poems"?

4. What did Doyle's father do when her therapist first asked her parents to sit in for a session, according to the narrative in "Racists"?

5. Doyle told her daughters in "Racists" that someone once told her that marching is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Together Rising and what is its mission?

2. What does Doyle remark about modern parents in "Cream Cheeses"?

3. How is imagination important to empathy?

4. How does Doyle present her perspective on sexuaity and choice in "Permission Slips"?

5. How has Doyle raised her son, according to the narrative in "Boys"?

6. What do boulders represent in "Boulders"?

7. What inspired Doyle to begin self-educating herself about race and racism?

8. What happened when Doyle and her husband bought Chase a cell phone?

9. Why did Doyle react negatively when a character came out to her parents on a TV show in "Concessions"?

10. What is "cancel cultre" and how does it apply in "Racists"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot structure of Untamed. The plot structure of this memoir reflects upon its themes. How does it do this? How are the chapters and parts structured? Why has Doyle chosen to structure her memoir in this way?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Doyle's struggles with drug and alcohol abuse. When did these struggles begin? When did she get sober? How did she get sober? How did that change her?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Doyle's struggles in her previous marriage to Craig. When did the couple begin seeing a therapist? Why? How did they overcome these struggles? What is their relationship like now?

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