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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 what "untreated" emotion as " a cancer of the soul" (68)?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Shame.
(c) Triumph.
(d) Pain.

2. At what young age did Anderson learn how to drive a car?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

3. For how many years did Anderson's family live in the house on Berkeley Street?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 15.
(d) 3.

4. Anderson states that she would only take off her "I'm fine! mask" (88) in what location?
(a) In the pool.
(b) In the cafeteria.
(c) At home.
(d) In her bed.

5. 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) Guilty.
(c) Blind.
(d) Deaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What experience in a concentration camp healed Anderson's father "just enough that he wept" (8)?

2. The poem "Polyhymnia" (167) focuses on which of Anderson's firsts?

3. Anderson describes attending what kind of event for the older brother in her host family?

4. How long did Anderson spend in a study abroad program?

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

(see the answer key)

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