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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At what time of year does Anderson arrive at the home of her host family overseas?
(a) Late summer.
(b) Early fall.
(c) Early winter.
(d) Late spring.

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

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

6. Anderson credits which person with her discovery of how much she loves books?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Penelope.

7. Anderson and her family were terrified for years that Anderson's father would take what action?
(a) Kill his wife.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Vanish.
(d) Go to jail.

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

9. The final time Anderson's mother hit Anderson in the face occurred after what event?
(a) Anderson's father cursing at Anderson's mother.
(b) Anderson's father losing his job.
(c) Anderson's mother losing her job.
(d) Anderson's father hitting Anderson's mother.

10. The children's book author Russell Hoban wrote children's books about a family of what type of animals?
(a) Badgers.
(b) Deer.
(c) Hippos.
(d) Giraffes.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Anderson had taken how many years of French before embarking on her trip to study abroad?

2. How many foreign exchange students from all corners of the world were along on Anderson's study abroad program trip, including Anderson herself?

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

4. In the poem "Lovebrarians," Anderson heralds the kindness of librarians and what other figures?

5. The celebration centered on Anderson's older brother within her host family lasts until what time of day?

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