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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The haiku Anderson includes in the book is dedicated to whom?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her favorite teacher.
(c) Her cat.
(d) Her mother.

2. Anderson and her family were terrified for years that Anderson's father would take what action?
(a) Vanish.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Kill his wife.
(d) Go to jail.

3. How much time went by before Anderson began to worry about pregnancy as a result of her rape?
(a) Hours.
(b) Days.
(c) Months.
(d) Weeks.

4. At the behest of a particular teacher, Anderson joins what sports team in the spring of her 10th grade year?
(a) Softball.
(b) Track.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Golf.

5. At the behest of a particular teacher, Anderson joins what sports team in the fall of her 10th grade year?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Rugby.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to Anderson herself, who else fixed the problem keeping Anderson from studying abroad?

2. Anderson recalls bonding with her friends in high school over what kind of treats?

3. Which member of Anderson's family wrote poetry?

4. What kind of burns are said to have the potential to be lethal?

5. What kind of teacher tells Anderson that she should try out for sports teams in her 10th grade year?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way was a gym teacher at Anderson’s school instrumental in her process of healing?

2. How does the theme of transformation enter the part of the poetry memoir describing Anderson’s high school years?

3. What metaphor does Anderson use to depict the enormous anger that seemed to take over her rapist's body and why?

4. What is ironic about the experience that teaches Anderson that some words are too powerful to be expressed aloud?

5. What kinds of successes does Anderson cite when demonstrating to the reader the emotional progress she had made by her eleventh grade year?

6. Give an example of an allusion and a sensory detail that Anderson uses to indicate innocence.

7. In what way did travel underscore for Anderson what she did not want to happen in her own life?

8. How does Anderson characterize her father's silence in relation to his wartime experiences?

9. What painful realization does Anderson have during high school in relation to her parents?

10. How does irony appear within the poem entitled “candy-striped” (81)?

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