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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Anderson fend off a predatory male on her first occasion of fighting back?
(a) She kicked him.
(b) She stabbed him.
(c) She shrieked in his ear.
(d) She bit him.

3. Russell Hoban declared that which of his favorite writers was a "man without eyelids" (70)?
(a) Salinger.
(b) Joyce.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Capote.

4. Anderson's family called her what kind of animal in order to make fun of her weight?
(a) A hippo.
(b) A cow.
(c) A horse.
(d) A pig.

5. Anderson had taken how many years of French before embarking on her trip to study abroad?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

6. What was Anderson's most difficult class in her time abroad?
(a) Psychology.
(b) French.
(c) English literature.
(d) Danish literature.

7. What kind of burns are said to have the potential to be lethal?
(a) Rope.
(b) Rug.
(c) Sun.
(d) Concrete.

8. How many times did Anderson's father hit Anderson's mother after the beating that robbed her of her teeth?
(a) 2.
(b) Many.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

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

10. When Anderson was young, she and her friends liked to pretend they were taking what action as they rode their bikes?
(a) Riding in the Tour de France.
(b) Chopping down telephone poles.
(c) Riding horses.
(d) Driving race cars.

11. 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.

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

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

14. The haiku Anderson includes in the book is dedicated to whom?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her cat.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her favorite teacher.

15. 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) 29.
(c) 32.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. The children's book author Russell Hoban wrote children's books about a family of what type of animals?

2. In what grade did Anderson move from the country to the city?

3. What is the subtitle of the Prelude?

4. Anderson's alcoholic parents were fond of what type of alcohol?

5. Anderson states that in her school abroad, the students had been allowed to engage in what activity during class?

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