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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2: Excess Baggage, Cutting Loose.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Anita find pleasure in during her adolescence?
(a) Music and poetry.
(b) Movies and tv.
(c) Music and her summers.
(d) Summer and dinnertime.

2. What did Anita long for during Chapter 2?
(a) A lifestyle more appropriate for adults.
(b) A lifestyle of freedom.
(c) Affection.
(d) Love.

3. Where did Anita spend her summers?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) North Dakota.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Kansas City.

4. What did Anita grow up believing?
(a) She was adopted.
(b) She was a nuisance.
(c) She was unwanted and unloved.
(d) She was ugly.

5. What did Anita attend a great deal during her summers?
(a) Theater.
(b) Church.
(c) The river.
(d) Camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anita note that her mother did not have in her life during her growing up years?

2. In what year was Anita born?

3. What did Gladys discover before she got married?

4. How does Anita describe her mother in Chapter 1?

5. How does Chapter 1 describe Anita?

(see the answer key)

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