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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Rugby.
(d) Swimming.

2. In what state was the school where someone pulled the fire alarm at the moment Anderson began her afternoon assembly?
(a) New York.
(b) Vermont.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Massachusetts.

3. Initially, Anderson was told that she would not be able to study abroad due to what type of problem?
(a) Emotional.
(b) Financial.
(c) Social.
(d) Mental.

4. Which member of Anderson's family says that children should be told to follow their nightmares?
(a) Auntie Laurie.
(b) Anderson's sister.
(c) Anderson's father.
(d) Anderson's mother.

5. Anderson describes attending what kind of event for the older brother in her host family?
(a) Funeral.
(b) Baptism.
(c) Wedding.
(d) Confirmation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who helped Anderson get birth control pills to bring with her overseas?

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

4. Anderson states that she speaks to thousands of teens and hundreds of which other group of people at book festivals?

5. Which of the following terms most closely resembles the way in which Anderson uses the phrase "bonfire/of his vanities" in the poem entitled "not responsible for contents" (238)?

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