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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Every child Anderson's mother lost to miscarriage had made it to which term of pregnancy?
(a) The 2nd.
(b) The 3rd.
(c) The 1st.
(d) Not even to the 1st.

2. Who pulled the fire alarm at the start of Anderson's second assembly in a particular high school?
(a) The principal.
(b) Anderson.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A student.

3. To which of her family members did Anderson often speak while writing The Impossible Knife of Memory?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandparents.
(d) Her brothers.

4. The poem entitled "beeched" claims that "when one suffers,/all are" (285) what?
(a) Complicit.
(b) Weakened.
(c) Hurt.
(d) Destroyed.

5. What kind of class did Anderson's professor teach, as described within the poem entitled "drawn and quartered"?
(a) Art.
(b) Anatomy.
(c) Biology.
(d) Physics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. In what location did Anderson's parents live while they waited for Anderson's mother's mouth to heal and for her false teeth to arrive?

5. In the poem entitled "Directionally Challenged," Anderson describes getting lost on her way to what location?

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