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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. What is the subtitle of the Prelude?
(a) Transmission from the Satellite Heart.
(b) Mic test.
(c) Open mic.
(d) Session one.

2. Who taught Anderson to drive a car at a young age?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her aunt.

3. Anderson's parents are described as having taken what action whenever something "horrible" (66) happened?
(a) They screamed at their children.
(b) They scattered.
(c) They got drunk.
(d) They called a family meeting.

4. How old was Anderson when she went overseas to study abroad?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

5. At what time of year does Anderson arrive at the home of her host family overseas?
(a) Early winter.
(b) Late spring.
(c) Late summer.
(d) Early fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Anderson's drug of choice throughout her early high school years?

2. 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?

3. In the poem "Lovebrarians," Anderson heralds the kindness of librarians and what other figures?

4. Anderson and her family were terrified for years that Anderson's father would take what action?

5. The children's book author Russell Hoban wrote children's books about a family of what type of animals?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what form is Anderson's memoir written and which of the text’s goals does this choice help Anderson to fulfill?

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

3. What evidence does Anderson provide for her claim that physical activity helped her to gain courage?

4. In what way was a gym teacher at Anderson’s school instrumental in her process of healing?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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