1. Anderson claims that all family stories have what quality?
(a) They are written in indelible ink.
(b) They are full of pathos.
(c) They are written in blood.
(d) They have sad endings.

2. In what grade did Anderson move from the country to the city?
(a) 1st.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 5th.

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

4. What was Anderson's drug of choice throughout her early high school years?
(a) Caffeine.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Nicotine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem entitled "blowing up" (177) Anderson states that victims of intercourse-free sexual violence are entitled to have attention paid to what?

2. What does the Wite-out in the poem entitled "calving iceberg" (138) symbolize?

3. What was Anderson's mother's final "supper" (272) before her death?

4. How long did Anderson spend in a study abroad program?

5. How old was Anderson when saying a particular word in front of the "church ladies" (14) earned her a consequence?

(see the answer key)

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