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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Lovebrarians," Anderson heralds the kindness of librarians and what other figures?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Bus drivers.
(c) Policemen.
(d) Lunch ladies.

2. How old was Anderson's father when he saw his friend killed in front of him?
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 24.

3. At the behest of a particular teacher, Anderson joins what sports team in the fall of her 10th grade year?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Rugby.

4. The celebration centered on Anderson's older brother within her host family lasts until what time of day?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dawn.

5. Anderson's mother used to resemble which famous actress?
(a) Charlize Theron.
(b) Katherine Hepburn.
(c) Rita Hayworth.
(d) Elizabeth Taylor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Anderson when she went overseas to study abroad?

2. Russell Hoban declared that which of his favorite writers was a "man without eyelids" (70)?

3. Anderson states that in her school abroad, the students had been allowed to engage in what activity during class?

4. What word did Anderson say as a child to earn a consequence from her mother?

5. How old was Anderson when saying a particular word in front of the "church ladies" (14) earned her a consequence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What experience did Anderson's father undergo while working in the concentration camps that helped him heal just a little bit?

2. What event teaches Anderson that some words are too powerful ever to be spoken aloud?

3. In the months immediately following IT's rape of Anderson, what main coping mechanism does Anderson use to cope with the trauma?

4. How does the theme of transformation enter the part of the poetry memoir describing Anderson’s high school years?

5. How does Anderson use sarcasm in order to make a point at the end of the poem entitled “ignorance” (83)?

6. What difference does Anderson observe between her experiences in ninth grade and her experiences in tenth grade?

7. Provide an example of Anderson’s use of personification within a particular poem.

8. How does Anderson characterize her father's silence in relation to his wartime experiences?

9. In what way did travel underscore for Anderson what she did not want to happen in her own life?

10. To what element of life is the metaphor of "chum" connected in the poem of the same name?

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