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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 do the lottery tickets symbolize in the poem entitled "strawberry-blonde fairy tales" (129)?
(a) Resignation.
(b) Desperation.
(c) Hope.
(d) Superstition.

2. What kind of class did Anderson's professor teach, as described within the poem entitled "drawn and quartered"?
(a) Physics.
(b) Biology.
(c) Art.
(d) Anatomy.

3. At what age was the character featured in the poem entitled "First Marking Period" raped?
(a) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

4. In the poem entitled "inappropriate dictators," Anderson states that "censorship is the child of" (191) what?
(a) Ethnocentrism.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Hate.
(d) Fear.

5. On what kind of farm did Anderson live as a child?
(a) Pig.
(b) Horse.
(c) Dairy.
(d) Goat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major life change did Anderson find that her parents had made upon her return from Denmark?

2. The poem entitled "forgiveness" uses which academic subject as a method of exposing the frequency with which young women experience sexual violence?

3. Which celebrity does Anderson name as a woman who "was three months older than" (129) she is?

4. What was NOT a topic discussed at Anderson's morning assembly before her afternoon talk was ruined by the fire alarm?

5. When Anderson returns home from Denmark, she finds that both of her parents have started drinking by what time of day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mistakes does Anderson think that Western society is making when socializing young boys and why?

2. In what way does Anderson portray the tendency for victims of sexual violence to be failed within the legal system?

3. What quality of icebergs does Anderson liken to her move to Washington, D.C. in the poem entitled “calving iceberg” (138) and why?

4. In what way does Anderson characterize the way in which her life and her stories intersect?

5. What list does Anderson provide within the poem entitled “forgiveness” (206) and for what purpose does she include this list?

6. Whom does Anderson credit with teaching her everything she knows about (170) her “responsibility to [her] readers”?

7. How long after Anderson was raped did she begin her high school career?

8. How does Anderson instill suspense into a particular moment within her poetry memoir?

9. What metaphor does Anderson use to depict her return to the United States after her time in Denmark?

10. What aspect of Anderson’s life ensured that she would work hard in community college?

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