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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 sister was riding on the back of Anderson's bike and broke her leg.
(b) When Anderson was riding her bike and ran over a cat.
(c) When her friend's little brother was riding on the back of Anderson's bike and broke his leg.
(d) When her friend's little sister called her fat.

2. Anderson's mother used to resemble which famous actress?
(a) Katherine Hepburn.
(b) Charlize Theron.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) Rita Hayworth.

3. How much time went by before Anderson began to worry about pregnancy as a result of her rape?
(a) Days.
(b) Hours.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Months.

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

5. Anderson and her family were terrified for years that Anderson's father would take what action?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Kill his wife.
(c) Vanish.
(d) Go to jail.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of teacher tells Anderson that she should try out for sports teams in her 10th grade year?

3. Which people are said to "look the other way" (24) in the poem entitled "Chum"?

4. Anderson's parents are described as having taken what action whenever something "horrible" (66) happened?

5. In what country did Anderson spend time in a study abroad program?

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