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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) French.
(b) Precalculus.
(c) Biology.
(d) Social Studies.

2. On what kind of farm did Anderson live as a child?
(a) Horse.
(b) Pig.
(c) Dairy.
(d) Goat.

3. Anderson states in the introduction to her poetry memoir that she wrote her book Speak how many years after she was raped?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

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

5. What objects did Anderson sell over the phone as one of her money-making stints at Georgetown?
(a) CDs.
(b) Vacuum cleaners.
(c) Books.
(d) Hair trimmers.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Anderson and the author bond over their love of writing about children with what?

3. How many hours' drive did it take for Anderson's family to return home after bringing her to Georgetown?

4. How old was Anderson when saying a particular word in front of the "church ladies" (14) earned her a consequence?

5. The poem "shame turned inside out" makes the claim that "shame turned inside out is" (226) what emotion?

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