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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem entitled "scratching my throat with a pen" (149) is about Anderson's night job in what field?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Retail.
(d) Journalism.

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

3. Before Anderson traveled to Denmark, her parents had been waiting until what time of day to drink alcohol?
(a) Noon.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Dusk.
(d) After work.

4. What kind of class did Anderson's professor teach, as described within the poem entitled "drawn and quartered"?
(a) Art.
(b) Anatomy.
(c) Physics.
(d) Biology.

5. In the poem entitled "ignore stupid advice," what is NOT a piece of the long list of "stupid advice" (231) offered?
(a) Don't get raped.
(b) Don't get T-boned by a drunk.
(c) Don't get gaslit.
(d) Don't drop out of school.

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) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

7. A family member of Anderson's likes to say that people should follow their nightmares, "cuz once you figure out what's eating you alive/you can" (158) take what action?
(a) Forget it.
(b) Release it.
(c) Diffuse it.
(d) Slay it.

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

9. One of Anderson's guesses regarding a particular person's choice to pull the fire alarm had to do with the culprit being "terrified of" (185) what?
(a) Parents.
(b) The truth.
(c) A lawsuit.
(d) Sex.

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

11. What did the professor in "drawn and quartered" do to make his class feel slightly dirty upon exiting his class?
(a) He gave compliments.
(b) He sang songs.
(c) He used inappropriate touch.
(d) He drew pictures.

12. 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 mother and father.
(d) Her sister and mother.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Anderson's books do Anderson and the librarian discuss within the poem "librarian on the cusp of courage" (188)?

2. 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?

3. To which group of people is Anderson referring when she describes trolls hiding under bridges and dogs hunting a particular icon?

4. What is the last name of the author of the young adult novel MONSTER?

5. 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?

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