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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of Anderson's family says that children should be told to follow their nightmares?
(a) Anderson's sister.
(b) Auntie Laurie.
(c) Anderson's mother.
(d) Anderson's father.

2. The poem entitled "drawn and quartered" is about one of Anderson's professors who had been raising how many children on his own?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

3. What term did the author of MONSTER use to describe his relationship with Anderson?
(a) Co-pariah.
(b) Co-conspirator.
(c) Co-author.
(d) Co-rebel.

4. Anderson frowns on parents who tell their children what maxim?
(a) To be true to themselves.
(b) To reach for the stars.
(c) To believe in themselves.
(d) To follow their dreams.

5. When Anderson returned to America from Denmark, she promptly went to retrieve what object?
(a) Her visa extension application.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Her diary.
(d) Her high school diploma.

6. What is the last name of the author of the young adult novel MONSTER?
(a) Mason.
(b) Myers.
(c) Miller.
(d) Macron.

7. Anderson states that she speaks to thousands of teens and hundreds of which other group of people at book festivals?
(a) Poets.
(b) Survivors of sexual violence.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Writers.

8. How many hours' drive did it take for Anderson's family to return home after bringing her to Georgetown?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 11.

9. What perk of the telemarketing position made Anderson adore her job, though it paid very litte?
(a) She was allowed to call her grandmother for an hour a day for ten dollars.
(b) She could call her mother for an hour a day for free.
(c) She could call her sister for an hour a day for free.
(d) She was allowed to call her grandmother for an hour a day for free.

10. Anderson's husband calculated that she spoke to how many teens between publishing Speak and publishing SHOUT?
(a) Over 3,000,000.
(b) Over 500,000.
(c) Over 1,000,000.
(d) Over 100,000.

11. In the poem entitled "blowing up" (177) Anderson states that victims of intercourse-free sexual violence are entitled to have attention paid to what?
(a) Their ghosts.
(b) Their memories.
(c) Their scars.
(d) Their feelings.

12. One of Anderson's guesses regarding a particular person's choice to pull the fire alarm had to do with the culprit being what "as hell"?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Deaf.
(d) Blind.

13. How many hours per week did Anderson work while attending Georgetown full-time?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

14. Which of Anderson's books do Anderson and the librarian discuss within the poem "librarian on the cusp of courage" (188)?
(a) Speak.
(b) Believe.
(c) SHOUT.
(d) Prom.

15. Anderson states that when she was young, her father used to take her out of school on a whim so that they could engage in which activity together?
(a) Skiing.
(b) Mountain climbing.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Paddle boarding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms most closely resembles the way in which Anderson uses the phrase "bonfire/of his vanities" in the poem entitled "not responsible for contents" (238)?

2. In what kind of store at the mall did Anderson work during her teenage years?

3. For what kind of book award was Anderson nominated for her creation of the novel Speak?

4. What was NOT a topic discussed at Anderson's morning assembly before her afternoon talk was ruined by the fire alarm?

5. The man featured at the center of the poem "not responsible for contents" (238) was convicted by a jury after what length of a deliberation?

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