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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 118-162.

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) Rugby.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Soccer.

2. To which famous artist does Anderson allude when she describes finding out about her father's PTSD-fueled beating of her mother before she was born?
(a) Dali.
(b) Warhol.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Picasso.

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

4. What experience in a concentration camp healed Anderson's father "just enough that he wept" (8)?
(a) He saved a little boy from drowning.
(b) He cooked a meal for the survivors.
(c) He delivered a lost child to its mother.
(d) He helped a mother give birth.

5. About which family member(s) of Anderson's is the poem entitled "strawberry-blonde fairy tales" (129)?
(a) Her sister and mother.
(b) Her mother and father.
(c) Her father and sister.
(d) Her grandmother and mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Anderson's most difficult class in her time abroad?

2. What was Anderson's drug of choice throughout her early high school years?

3. In what country did Anderson spend time in a study abroad program?

4. When Anderson was young, she and her friends liked to pretend they were taking what action as they rode their bikes?

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

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