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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Anderson began swimming all over town, what were all the pools made of?
(a) Rubber.
(b) Fiberglass.
(c) Metal.
(d) Concrete.

2. What experience in a concentration camp healed Anderson's father "just enough that he wept" (8)?
(a) He helped a mother give birth.
(b) He saved a little boy from drowning.
(c) He cooked a meal for the survivors.
(d) He delivered a lost child to its mother.

3. At what young age did Anderson learn how to drive a car?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

4. At what age did Anderson's mother take her to a pond for swimming lessons?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

5. In the prelude, Anderson states that "this book reeks of" (3) her what?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Desperation.
(c) Impenetrability.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word did Anderson say as a child to earn a consequence from her mother?

2. When Anderson was young, she and her friends liked to pretend they were taking what action as they rode their bikes?

3. At what age was Anderson raped by her first boyfriend?

4. What is the subtitle of the Prelude?

5. For how many years did Anderson's family live in the house on Berkeley Street?

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