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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 263-291 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Anderson states that when she was young, her father used to take her out of school on a whim so that they could engage in which activity together?
(a) Paddle boarding.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Mountain climbing.
(d) Skiing.

3. For how many years did Anderson's family live in the house on Berkeley Street?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 15.

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

5. One of Anderson's guesses regarding a particular person's choice to pull the fire alarm had to do with the culprit being what "as hell"?
(a) Blind.
(b) Deaf.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Ignorant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem entitled "tangled," (277) Anderson uses what material to characterize her mother?

2. How many students did Anderson speak to at the morning assembly before her afternoon assembly was cut off by the fire alarm?

3. What do the lottery tickets symbolize in the poem entitled "strawberry-blonde fairy tales" (129)?

4. For how many years did Anderson's father live after the death of Anderson's mother?

5. The poem entitled "forgiveness" uses which academic subject as a method of exposing the frequency with which young women experience sexual violence?

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