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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many hours per week did Anderson work while attending Georgetown full-time?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

4. 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) Self-defense techniques for young women.
(d) Violence.

5. When Anderson returned to America from Denmark, she promptly went to retrieve what object?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her visa extension application.
(c) Her high school diploma.
(d) Her diary.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem entitled "inappropriate dictators" (191) begins with a portrait of a public school superintendent from which state?

2. The children's book author Russell Hoban wrote children's books about a family of what type of animals?

3. About which family member(s) of Anderson's is the poem entitled "strawberry-blonde fairy tales" (129)?

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

5. What major life change did Anderson find that her parents had made upon her return from Denmark?

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