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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the professor in "drawn and quartered" do to make his class feel slightly dirty upon exiting his class?
(a) He used inappropriate touch.
(b) He gave compliments.
(c) He sang songs.
(d) He drew pictures.

2. The children's book author Russell Hoban wrote children's books about a family of what type of animals?
(a) Giraffes.
(b) Hippos.
(c) Badgers.
(d) Deer.

3. 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) Dali.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Warhol.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Wite-out in the poem entitled "calving iceberg" (138) symbolize?

2. Anderson had taken how many years of French before embarking on her trip to study abroad?

3. When Anderson was young, she and her friends liked to pretend they were taking what action as they rode their bikes?

4. Anderson states that when she was not using her drug of choice, the only other action that would help her breathe was what?

5. At what age was the character featured in the poem entitled "First Marking Period" raped?

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