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

2. Who helped Anderson get birth control pills to bring with her overseas?
(a) Her gym teacher.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her French teacher.
(d) Her sister.

3. The introduction of SHOUT states that "this is a story of a girl who lost her voice" (1) and then took what action?
(a) Wrote herself a new one.
(b) Decided to see what shouting was like.
(c) Gave herself a new one.
(d) Found herself a new one.

4. At what young age did Anderson learn how to drive a car?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 14.

5. When Anderson embarked upon her trip overseas, she wore a medal bearing the image of which saint?
(a) Saint Frances.
(b) Saint Christopher.
(c) Saint Anthony.
(d) Saint Augustine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What consequence did Anderson receive when she said a naughty word in front of the church ladies?

2. How did Anderson fend off a predatory male on her first occasion of fighting back?

3. Anderson's mother used to resemble which famous actress?

4. Anderson states in the introduction to her poetry memoir that she wrote her book Speak how many years after she was raped?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What metaphor does Anderson use to depict the enormous anger that seemed to take over her rapist's body and why?

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

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

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

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