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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) 19.
(b) 32.
(c) 29.
(d) 39.

3. What action did Anderson's rapist take once he stepped away from her and zipped up his jeans?
(a) He tells her not to tell anyone.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He smirks.
(d) He lights a cigarette.

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

5. When Anderson embarked upon her trip overseas, she wore a medal bearing the image of which saint?
(a) Saint Frances.
(b) Saint Anthony.
(c) Saint Augustine.
(d) Saint Christopher.

6. 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?
(a) With his aunts in the mountains.
(b) With his parents at the coast.
(c) With her parents in the mountains.
(d) With her parents at the coast.

7. Which people are said to "look the other way" (24) in the poem entitled "Chum"?
(a) Parents.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Friends.
(d) Lifeguards.

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. What did Anderson's father do for a living at the time he horrifically assaulted his wife, Anderson's mother?
(a) He worked as a garbage collector.
(b) He studied to be a preacher.
(c) He was in an apprenticeship with an auto mechanic.
(d) He studied to be an electrician.

10. At what age did Anderson's mother take her to a pond for swimming lessons?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

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

12. At what age was Anderson raped by her first boyfriend?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Anderson recalls bonding with her friends in high school over what kind of treats?

2. Anderson states in the introduction to her poetry memoir that she wrote her book Speak how many years after she was raped?

3. Mr. P taught what subject while also being the only teacher who "always smiled at screwed-up kids like" (72) Anderson?

4. Anderson takes up what sport in the winter of her 10th grade year?

5. Russell Hoban declared that which of his favorite writers was a "man without eyelids" (70)?

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