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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the poem entitled "blowing up" (177) Anderson states that victims of intercourse-free sexual violence are entitled to have attention paid to what?
(a) Their feelings.
(b) Their ghosts.
(c) Their memories.
(d) Their scars.

3. Anderson states that when she was young, her father used to take her out of school on a whim so that they could engage in which activity together?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Mountain climbing.
(c) Paddle boarding.
(d) Skiing.

4. The poem "Polyhymnia" (167) focuses on which of Anderson's firsts?
(a) Her first day of high school.
(b) Her first communion.
(c) Her first day of middle school.
(d) Her first kiss.

5. In the prelude, Anderson states that "this book reeks of" (3) her what?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Impenetrability.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does the librarian take at the end of the poem "librarian on the cusp of courage" (188)?

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

3. What consequence did Anderson receive when she said a naughty word in front of the church ladies?

4. For how many years did Anderson's family live in the house on Berkeley Street?

5. The poem entitled "forgiveness" uses which academic subject as a method of exposing the frequency with which young women experience sexual violence?

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