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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 did Anderson come to meet the author of the young adult novel MONSTER?
(a) They met at a literary reading.
(b) They co-authored a book together.
(c) They had mutual friends.
(d) They were both nominated for the same award.

2. The poem entitled "drawn and quartered" is about one of Anderson's professors who had been raising how many children on his own?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

3. Before Anderson traveled to Denmark, her parents had been waiting until what time of day to drink alcohol?
(a) Noon.
(b) Dusk.
(c) After work.
(d) Afternoon.

4. Who pulled the fire alarm at the start of Anderson's second assembly in a particular high school?
(a) A teacher.
(b) Anderson.
(c) The principal.
(d) A student.

5. What scientific term does Anderson use to differentiate between herself and the character of Melinda?
(a) Photosynthesis.
(b) DNA.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Natural selection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does the librarian take at the end of the poem "librarian on the cusp of courage" (188)?

2. The man featured at the center of the poem "not responsible for contents" (238) was convicted by a jury after what length of a deliberation?

3. According to Anderson, what new undertaking in her writing required her to risk her pride?

4. About which family member(s) of Anderson's is the poem entitled "strawberry-blonde fairy tales" (129)?

5. What kind of class did Anderson's professor teach, as described within the poem entitled "drawn and quartered"?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what purpose did Anderson go to Denmark and for how long did she stay?

2. How does the theme of family bonds enter the part of the memoir about Anderson’s return home from Denmark?

3. How does the theme of class difference arise within the poem entitled “sweet-and-sour tea” (142)?

4. For what transgression does Anderson receive a look of scornful disgust during her tea with a new friend at Georgetown?

5. What is one suggestion that Anderson provides in relation to how young women should be instructed in a different manner than the ways in which they are currently taught?

6. How does Anderson go about creating an interdisciplinary work of literature within the poem entitled “forgiveness” (206)?

7. What instruction does Anderson give to the reader at the end of the poem entitled “forgiveness” (206) and what is her purpose for doing so?

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

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

10. To what location is Anderson referring when she discusses her “last leaving” and her “predawn trip” in the poem “calving iceberg” (138)?

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