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

2. How old was Anderson's father when he saw his friend killed in front of him?
(a) 24.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

3. What was the impetus for Anderson's first feeling of deep shame?
(a) When her friend's little sister called her fat.
(b) When Anderson was riding her bike and ran over a cat.
(c) When her friend's little sister was riding on the back of Anderson's bike and broke her leg.
(d) When her friend's little brother was riding on the back of Anderson's bike and broke his leg.

4. What did Anderson's father do for a living at the time he horrifically assaulted his wife, Anderson's mother?
(a) He worked as a garbage collector.
(b) He was in an apprenticeship with an auto mechanic.
(c) He studied to be a preacher.
(d) He studied to be an electrician.

5. Anderson credits which person with her discovery of how much she loves books?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Penelope.

Short Answer Questions

1. The haiku Anderson includes in the book is dedicated to whom?

2. In what grade did Anderson move from the country to the city?

3. What consequence did Anderson receive when she said a naughty word in front of the church ladies?

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

5. How did Anderson fend off a predatory male on her first occasion of fighting back?

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