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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Deaf.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) Blind.

2. What is the name of the priest featured at the center of the poem entitled "a boy, a priest unholy" (244)?
(a) Father James.
(b) Father Luke.
(c) Father Michael.
(d) Father Gabriel.

3. About which family member(s) of Anderson's is the poem entitled "strawberry-blonde fairy tales" (129)?
(a) Her grandmother and mother.
(b) Her father and sister.
(c) Her sister and mother.
(d) Her mother and father.

4. Anderson reports that her father again found work in what arena after a period of years?
(a) Clergy.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Retail.
(d) Education.

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

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

7. In the poem entitled "inappropriate dictators," Anderson states that "censorship is the child of" (191) what?
(a) Ethnocentrism.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Fear.
(d) Hate.

8. What scientific term does Anderson use to differentiate between herself and the character of Melinda?
(a) DNA.
(b) Photosynthesis.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Evolution.

9. 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) Mountain climbing.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Skiing.
(d) Paddle boarding.

10. In the poem entitled "the word," Anderson states that "Eve ate the apple" (194) due to what reason?
(a) Because she wanted to.
(b) Because the serpent asked her to.
(c) Because Adam was afraid to.
(d) Because she had to.

11. On what kind of farm did Anderson live as a child?
(a) Pig.
(b) Horse.
(c) Goat.
(d) Dairy.

12. Anderson's mother told her that her father had gone to what city during his lengthy absence?
(a) Albuquerque.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York City.

13. What do the lottery tickets symbolize in the poem entitled "strawberry-blonde fairy tales" (129)?
(a) Superstition.
(b) Hope.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Resignation.

14. What objects did Anderson sell over the phone as one of her money-making stints at Georgetown?
(a) Vacuum cleaners.
(b) Hair trimmers.
(c) CDs.
(d) Books.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What perk of the telemarketing position made Anderson adore her job, though it paid very litte?

2. Who pulled the fire alarm at the start of Anderson's second assembly in a particular high school?

3. The poem entitled "First Marking Period" (166) focuses on which book?

4. What does the hammer symbolize in the poem entitled "separation--AWOL 1" (121)?

5. After how many years did Anderson's father regain a position within a certain line of work he had previously done?

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