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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which famous artist does Anderson allude when she describes finding out about her father's PTSD-fueled beating of her mother before she was born?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Warhol.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Dali.

2. One of Anderson's guesses regarding a particular person's choice to pull the fire alarm had to do with the culprit being "terrified of" (185) what?
(a) Sex.
(b) The truth.
(c) A lawsuit.
(d) Parents.

3. 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) Ignorant.
(b) Blind.
(c) Deaf.
(d) Guilty.

4. In what language does Anderson say she often dreams?
(a) Danish.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Portuguese.

5. What action does the librarian take at the end of the poem "librarian on the cusp of courage" (188)?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She screams.
(c) She smiles.
(d) She runs.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anderson embarked upon her trip overseas, she wore a medal bearing the image of which saint?

2. Anderson states in the introduction to her poetry memoir that she wrote her book Speak how many years after she was raped?

3. What does the hammer symbolize in the poem entitled "separation--AWOL 1" (121)?

4. How many dollars would an hour-long call to Florida have cost from her dorm at Georgetown, according to Anderson?

5. How many hours per week did Anderson work while attending Georgetown full-time?

(see the answer key)

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