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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the hammer symbolize in the poem entitled "separation--AWOL 1" (121)?
(a) Resignation.
(b) Depression.
(c) Elation.
(d) Hope.

2. On what type of holiday did Anderson's mother pass away?
(a) A wedding anniversary.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) A birthday.
(d) Labor Day.

3. In the poem entitled "ignore stupid advice," what is NOT a piece of the long list of "stupid advice" (231) offered?
(a) Don't get raped.
(b) Don't drop out of school.
(c) Don't get T-boned by a drunk.
(d) Don't get gaslit.

4. 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) Ignorant.
(c) Deaf.
(d) Guilty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What did the professor in "drawn and quartered" do to make his class feel slightly dirty upon exiting his class?

3. The poem entitled "Piccolo" largely focuses on what year?

4. Anderson states that her favorite scene from her book The Impossible Knife of Memory takes place in what location?

5. Who taught Anderson to drive a car at a young age?

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