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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-58.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which people are said to "look the other way" (24) in the poem entitled "Chum"?
(a) Lifeguards.
(b) Friends.
(c) Parents.
(d) Teachers.

3. How did Anderson fend off a predatory male on her first occasion of fighting back?
(a) She shrieked in his ear.
(b) She kicked him.
(c) She bit him.
(d) She stabbed him.

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

5. When Anderson was young, she and her friends liked to pretend they were taking what action as they rode their bikes?
(a) Riding in the Tour de France.
(b) Driving race cars.
(c) Chopping down telephone poles.
(d) Riding horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anderson began swimming all over town, what were all the pools made of?

2. How many miscarriages did Anderson's mother have before giving birth to Anderson?

3. In the prelude, Anderson states that "this book reeks of" (3) her what?

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

5. What experience in a concentration camp healed Anderson's father "just enough that he wept" (8)?

(see the answer key)

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