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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who pulled the fire alarm at the start of Anderson's second assembly in a particular high school?
(a) Anderson.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A student.
(d) The principal.

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

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

4. In what language does Anderson say she often dreams?
(a) Danish.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Portuguese.

5. How many dollars would an hour-long call to Florida have cost from her dorm at Georgetown, according to Anderson?
(a) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

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

7. According to Anderson, what new undertaking in her writing required her to risk her pride?
(a) Editing.
(b) Shifting genres.
(c) Workshops.
(d) Revision.

8. Anderson describes survivors of intercourse-free sexual violence as telling her that they know they should feel in what way?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Elated.
(c) Confused.
(d) Grateful.

9. To which group of people is Anderson referring when she describes trolls hiding under bridges and dogs hunting a particular icon?
(a) Paparazzi.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Reporters.
(d) Doctors.

10. With whom did Anderson watch the broadcast of Lady Diana's funeral?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) No one.
(d) Her mother and grandmother.

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

12. In what state was the school where someone pulled the fire alarm at the moment Anderson began her afternoon assembly?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Vermont.
(c) New York.
(d) New Jersey.

13. At what age was the character featured in the poem entitled "First Marking Period" raped?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

14. To how many years in prison was the man at the center of the poem "not responsible for contents" (238) sentenced?
(a) 180.
(b) 90.
(c) 5.
(d) 40.

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) Swimming.
(c) Mountain climbing.
(d) Paddle boarding.

Short Answer 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"?

2. What kind of class did Anderson's professor teach, as described within the poem entitled "drawn and quartered"?

3. About which family member(s) of Anderson's is the poem entitled "strawberry-blonde fairy tales" (129)?

4. Anderson's husband calculated that she spoke to how many teens between publishing Speak and publishing SHOUT?

5. Anderson's mother told her that her father had gone to what city during his lengthy absence?

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