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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 addition to Anderson herself, who else fixed the problem keeping Anderson from studying abroad?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. The final time Anderson's mother hit Anderson in the face occurred after what event?
(a) Anderson's father cursing at Anderson's mother.
(b) Anderson's mother losing her job.
(c) Anderson's father losing his job.
(d) Anderson's father hitting Anderson's mother.

3. In what grade did Anderson move from the country to the city?
(a) 5th.
(b) 1st.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 3rd.

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

5. How much time went by before Anderson began to worry about pregnancy as a result of her rape?
(a) Months.
(b) Hours.
(c) Days.
(d) Weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anderson's father saw his friend die in front of him, they were both repairing airplanes in what location?

2. At what young age did Anderson learn how to drive a car?

3. To what concentration camps was Anderson's father sent later in his military career?

4. Which people are said to "look the other way" (24) in the poem entitled "Chum"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does irony appear within the poem entitled “candy-striped” (81)?

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

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

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

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

6. What traumatic experience did Anderson's father undergo at age 18?

7. Give an example of an allusion and a sensory detail that Anderson uses to indicate innocence.

8. In what way does Anderson employ foreshadowing within her poetry memoir?

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

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

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