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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. How did Anderson fend off a predatory male on her first occasion of fighting back?
(a) She kicked him.
(b) She stabbed him.
(c) She shrieked in his ear.
(d) She bit him.

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

3. Anderson states in the introduction to her poetry memoir that she wrote her book Speak how many years after she was raped?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

4. How old was Anderson when saying a particular word in front of the "church ladies" (14) earned her a consequence?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

5. When Anderson was young, she and her friends liked to pretend they were taking what action as they rode their bikes?
(a) Riding horses.
(b) Driving race cars.
(c) Chopping down telephone poles.
(d) Riding in the Tour de France.

Short Answer Questions

1. The haiku Anderson includes in the book is dedicated to whom?

2. Anderson states that she would only take off her "I'm fine! mask" (88) in what location?

3. In what location did Anderson's parents live while they waited for Anderson's mother's mouth to heal and for her false teeth to arrive?

4. Anderson recalls bonding with her friends in high school over what kind of treats?

5. Anderson credits which person with her discovery of how much she loves books?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about the experience that teaches Anderson that some words are too powerful to be expressed aloud?

2. What types of allusions does Anderson use to depict her father's secrecy about his traumatic war experiences?

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

4. What painful realization does Anderson have during high school in relation to her parents?

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

6. According to Anderson, what element is necessary in order to heal from the trauma of sexual violence?

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

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

9. What do the lifeguards symbolize within the poem entitled "chum"?

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

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