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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 263-291 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem entitled "Directionally Challenged," Anderson describes getting lost on her way to what location?
(a) Home.
(b) The library.
(c) School.
(d) The bus stop.

2. To how many years in prison was the man at the center of the poem "not responsible for contents" (238) sentenced?
(a) 40.
(b) 180.
(c) 5.
(d) 90.

3. The poem entitled "drawn and quartered" is about one of Anderson's professors who had been raising how many children on his own?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

4. What experience in a concentration camp healed Anderson's father "just enough that he wept" (8)?
(a) He cooked a meal for the survivors.
(b) He saved a little boy from drowning.
(c) He delivered a lost child to its mother.
(d) He helped a mother give birth.

5. Anderson's mother told her that her father had gone to what city during his lengthy absence?
(a) Boston.
(b) Albuquerque.
(c) New York City.
(d) Seattle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Anderson's father saw his friend die in front of him, they were both repairing airplanes in what location?

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

4. Which people are said to "look the other way" (24) in the poem entitled "Chum"?

5. The introduction of SHOUT states that "this is a story of a girl who lost her voice" (1) and then took what action?

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