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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Anderson reports that her father again found work in what arena after a period of years?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Clergy.
(c) Education.
(d) Retail.

2. Anderson describes her mother's decision to give her "the most boring job in the world" (132) was actually her mother's way of what?
(a) Praising her.
(b) Loving her.
(c) Teaching her.
(d) Protecting her.

3. Anderson and the author bond over their love of writing about children with what?
(a) Aches.
(b) Heart.
(c) Courage.
(d) Scars.

4. What emotion of the speaker's acts as the central mood of the poem entitled 'sincerely" (236)?
(a) Anger.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Fear.

5. Anderson's mother told her that her father had gone to what city during his lengthy absence?
(a) New York City.
(b) Albuquerque.
(c) Boston.
(d) Seattle.

6. About which family member(s) of Anderson's is the poem entitled "strawberry-blonde fairy tales" (129)?
(a) Her father and sister.
(b) Her sister and mother.
(c) Her mother and father.
(d) Her grandmother and mother.

7. In the poem entitled "inappropriate dictators," Anderson states that "censorship is the child of" (191) what?
(a) Hate.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Ethnocentrism.
(d) Fear.

8. What term did the author of MONSTER use to describe his relationship with Anderson?
(a) Co-conspirator.
(b) Co-rebel.
(c) Co-author.
(d) Co-pariah.

9. One of Anderson's guesses regarding a particular person's choice to pull the fire alarm had to do with the culprit being "terrified of" (185) what?
(a) Sex.
(b) The truth.
(c) A lawsuit.
(d) Parents.

10. The poem "shame turned inside out" makes the claim that "shame turned inside out is" (226) what emotion?
(a) Rage.
(b) Denial.
(c) Fear.
(d) Silence.

11. What was NOT a topic discussed at Anderson's morning assembly before her afternoon talk was ruined by the fire alarm?
(a) Sex.
(b) Bodies.
(c) Violence.
(d) Self-defense techniques for young women.

12. The poem entitled "drawn and quartered" is about one of Anderson's professors who had been raising how many children on his own?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

13. The man featured at the center of the poem "not responsible for contents" (238) was convicted by a jury after what length of a deliberation?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 3 hours.

14. According to Anderson, what new undertaking in her writing required her to risk her pride?
(a) Editing.
(b) Revision.
(c) Workshops.
(d) Shifting genres.

15. At what age was the character featured in the poem entitled "First Marking Period" raped?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anderson frowns on parents who tell their children what maxim?

2. Anderson states that when she was young, her father used to take her out of school on a whim so that they could engage in which activity together?

3. One of Anderson's guesses regarding a particular person's choice to pull the fire alarm had to do with the culprit being what "as hell"?

4. What is the name of the priest featured at the center of the poem entitled "a boy, a priest unholy" (244)?

5. The poem entitled "scratching my throat with a pen" (149) is about Anderson's night job in what field?

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