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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 163-262.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The poem "shame turned inside out" makes the claim that "shame turned inside out is" (226) what emotion?
(a) Denial.
(b) Rage.
(c) Silence.
(d) Fear.

4. One of Anderson's guesses regarding a particular person's choice to pull the fire alarm had to do with the culprit being what "as hell"?
(a) Blind.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) Deaf.

5. 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 cooked a meal for the survivors.
(c) He delivered a lost child to its mother.
(d) He saved a little boy from drowning.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem entitled "scratching my throat with a pen" (149) is about Anderson's night job in what field?

2. Anderson's husband calculated that she spoke to how many teens between publishing Speak and publishing SHOUT?

3. Which of the following terms most closely resembles the way in which Anderson uses the phrase "bonfire/of his vanities" in the poem entitled "not responsible for contents" (238)?

4. In what kind of store at the mall did Anderson work during her teenage years?

5. What is the last name of the author of the young adult novel MONSTER?

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