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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mr. P taught what subject while also being the only teacher who "always smiled at screwed-up kids like" (72) Anderson?
(a) Social Studies.
(b) French.
(c) Precalculus.
(d) Biology.

2. How many times was Anderson preyed upon by a male professor during her time at college?
(a) Twice.
(b) None.
(c) Three times.
(d) Once.

3. To what concentration camps was Anderson's father sent later in his military career?
(a) All of them.
(b) Dachau and Auschwitz.
(c) Dachau and Buchenwald.
(d) Bergen-Belsen and Buchenwald.

4. What do the lottery tickets symbolize in the poem entitled "strawberry-blonde fairy tales" (129)?
(a) Superstition.
(b) Desperation.
(c) Resignation.
(d) Hope.

5. Anderson's husband calculated that she spoke to how many teens between publishing Speak and publishing SHOUT?
(a) Over 1,000,000.
(b) Over 500,000.
(c) Over 3,000,000.
(d) Over 100,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anderson's mother used to resemble which famous actress?

2. What scientific term does Anderson use to differentiate between herself and the character of Melinda?

3. In the prelude, Anderson states that "this book reeks of" (3) her what?

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

5. How much time went by before Anderson began to worry about pregnancy as a result of her rape?

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