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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 59-117.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 an electrician.
(d) He studied to be a preacher.

3. Anderson's parents are described as having taken what action whenever something "horrible" (66) happened?
(a) They scattered.
(b) They called a family meeting.
(c) They screamed at their children.
(d) They got drunk.

4. At the behest of a particular teacher, Anderson joins what sports team in the fall of her 10th grade year?
(a) Rugby.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Tennis.

5. Anderson takes up what sport in the winter of her 10th grade year?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Indoor soccer.
(c) Skiing.
(d) Rollerskating.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Russell Hoban declared that which of his favorite writers was a "man without eyelids" (70)?

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

4. What was Anderson's most difficult class in her time abroad?

5. Anderson and her family were terrified for years that Anderson's father would take what action?

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