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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what grade did Anderson move from the country to the city?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 1st.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 5th.

2. How many foreign exchange students from all corners of the world were along on Anderson's study abroad program trip, including Anderson herself?
(a) 39.
(b) 32.
(c) 29.
(d) 19.

3. Mr. P. asks Anderson to join which club at her high school?
(a) Debate Club.
(b) Math Club.
(c) Key Club.
(d) International Club.

4. Who taught Anderson to drive a car at a young age?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her aunt.

5. How old was Anderson's father when he saw his friend killed in front of him?
(a) 24.
(b) 16.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

6. What kind of teacher tells Anderson that she should try out for sports teams in her 10th grade year?
(a) A math teacher.
(b) A French teacher.
(c) A biology teacher.
(d) A gym teacher.

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

8. In the prelude, Anderson states that "this book reeks of" (3) her what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Impenetrability.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Desperation.

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

10. Who helped Anderson get birth control pills to bring with her overseas?
(a) Her gym teacher.
(b) Her French teacher.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

11. Anderson's alcoholic parents were fond of what type of alcohol?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Rum.
(c) Gin.
(d) Whiskey.

12. When Anderson began swimming all over town, what were all the pools made of?
(a) Fiberglass.
(b) Rubber.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Metal.

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

14. What was Anderson's drug of choice throughout her early high school years?
(a) Caffeine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Nicotine.
(d) Alcohol.

15. Which member of Anderson's family wrote poetry?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Anderson's father do for a living at the time he horrifically assaulted his wife, Anderson's mother?

2. How did Anderson fend off a predatory male on her first occasion of fighting back?

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

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

5. For how many years did Anderson's family live in the house on Berkeley Street?

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