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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 59-117.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action did Anderson's rapist take once he stepped away from her and zipped up his jeans?
(a) He smirks.
(b) He tells her not to tell anyone.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He lights a cigarette.

2. What was Anderson's most difficult class in her time abroad?
(a) English literature.
(b) French.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Danish literature.

3. In the poem entitled "Directionally Challenged," Anderson describes getting lost on her way to what location?
(a) The bus stop.
(b) Home.
(c) The library.
(d) School.

4. Anderson was unable to attend whose funeral because she was studying abroad?
(a) Her grandmother's.
(b) Her uncle's.
(c) Her father's.
(d) Her grandfather's.

5. What did Anderson's father do for a living at the time he horrifically assaulted his wife, Anderson's mother?
(a) He worked as a garbage collector.
(b) He studied to be an electrician.
(c) He studied to be a preacher.
(d) He was in an apprenticeship with an auto mechanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anderson embarked upon her trip overseas, she wore a medal bearing the image of which saint?

2. Which people are said to "look the other way" (24) in the poem entitled "Chum"?

3. What was the impetus for Anderson's first feeling of deep shame?

4. Anderson describes what "untreated" emotion as " a cancer of the soul" (68)?

5. At what age did Anderson's mother take her to a pond for swimming lessons?

(see the answer key)

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