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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. 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) Chopping down telephone poles.
(c) Riding in the Tour de France.
(d) Driving race cars.

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

3. How many foreign exchange students from all corners of the world were along on Anderson's study abroad program trip, including Anderson herself?
(a) 39.
(b) 29.
(c) 32.
(d) 19.

4. In what country did Anderson spend time in a study abroad program?
(a) Sweden.
(b) France.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Denmark.

5. When Anderson began swimming all over town, what were all the pools made of?
(a) Rubber.
(b) Fiberglass.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Metal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Anderson describes what "untreated" emotion as " a cancer of the soul" (68)?

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

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

5. Anderson takes up what sport in the winter of her 10th grade year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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