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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what grade was Anderson when she began frequently skipping school?
(a) 11th.
(b) 10th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 9th.

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

3. How long did Anderson spend in a study abroad program?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 13 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 year.

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

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

6. At the behest of a particular teacher, Anderson joins what sports team in the fall of her 10th grade year?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Rugby.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Soccer.

7. When Anderson's father saw his friend die in front of him, they were both repairing airplanes in what location?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Japan.
(d) England.

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

9. In addition to Anderson herself, who else fixed the problem keeping Anderson from studying abroad?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

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

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

12. 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) 29.
(c) 32.
(d) 39.

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

14. What kind of textbooks were censored in Anderson's high school?
(a) Health.
(b) Home Economics.
(c) Anatomy.
(d) Biology.

15. How much time went by before Anderson began to worry about pregnancy as a result of her rape?
(a) Days.
(b) Months.
(c) Hours.
(d) Weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the impetus for Anderson's first feeling of deep shame?

3. Anderson states that when she was not using her drug of choice, the only other action that would help her breathe was what?

4. Mr. P. asks Anderson to join which club at her high school?

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

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