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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 163-262.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem "Polyhymnia" (167) focuses on which of Anderson's firsts?
(a) Her first communion.
(b) Her first day of high school.
(c) Her first kiss.
(d) Her first day of middle school.

2. Anderson states that she speaks to thousands of teens and hundreds of which other group of people at book festivals?
(a) Writers.
(b) Poets.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Survivors of sexual violence.

3. Anderson describes what "untreated" emotion as " a cancer of the soul" (68)?
(a) Pain.
(b) Triumph.
(c) Shame.
(d) Loneliness.

4. The poem entitled "First Marking Period" (166) focuses on which book?
(a) Speak.
(b) The Catcher in the Rye.
(c) Monster.
(d) SHOUT.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Anderson address the poem entitled "innocence" (192)?

2. Before Anderson traveled to Denmark, her parents had been waiting until what time of day to drink alcohol?

3. To which group of people is Anderson referring when she describes trolls hiding under bridges and dogs hunting a particular icon?

4. Anderson states that when she was not using her drug of choice, the only other action that would help her breathe was what?

5. Anderson describes survivors of intercourse-free sexual violence as telling her that they know they should feel in what way?

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