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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 describes attending what kind of event for the older brother in her host family?
(a) Baptism.
(b) Confirmation.
(c) Funeral.
(d) Wedding.

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

3. The poem entitled "scratching my throat with a pen" (149) is about Anderson's night job in what field?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Law.
(c) Retail.
(d) Medicine.

4. What is the subtitle of the Prelude?
(a) Mic test.
(b) Open mic.
(c) Session one.
(d) Transmission from the Satellite Heart.

5. On what kind of farm did Anderson work as an adolescent?
(a) Goat.
(b) Pig.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Dairy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Anderson's family wrote poetry?

2. How old was Anderson's father when he saw his friend killed in front of him?

3. In what state was the school where someone pulled the fire alarm at the moment Anderson began her afternoon assembly?

4. In the poem entitled "blowing up" (177) Anderson states that victims of intercourse-free sexual violence are entitled to have attention paid to what?

5. What perk of the telemarketing position made Anderson adore her job, though it paid very litte?

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