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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 sister.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. What method of transportation did Anderson use to reach school during her time overseas?
(a) Skis.
(b) Moped.
(c) Bicycle.
(d) Train.

3. What kind of textbooks were censored in Anderson's high school?
(a) Biology.
(b) Home Economics.
(c) Anatomy.
(d) Health.

4. What experience in a concentration camp healed Anderson's father "just enough that he wept" (8)?
(a) He cooked a meal for the survivors.
(b) He delivered a lost child to its mother.
(c) He saved a little boy from drowning.
(d) He helped a mother give birth.

5. At what age was Anderson raped by her first boyfriend?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Anderson's family called her what kind of animal in order to make fun of her weight?

3. What action did Anderson's rapist take once he stepped away from her and zipped up his jeans?

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

5. Anderson states that when she was not using her drug of choice, the only other action that would help her breathe was what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What kinds of successes does Anderson cite when demonstrating to the reader the emotional progress she had made by her eleventh grade year?

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

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

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