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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 what state was the school where someone pulled the fire alarm at the moment Anderson began her afternoon assembly?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) Vermont.
(d) New Jersey.

2. The poem entitled "forgiveness" uses which academic subject as a method of exposing the frequency with which young women experience sexual violence?
(a) Social Studies.
(b) Science.
(c) Math.
(d) French.

3. Anderson describes survivors of intercourse-free sexual violence as telling her that they know they should feel in what way?
(a) Elated.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Confused.
(d) Grateful.

4. With whom did Anderson watch the broadcast of Lady Diana's funeral?
(a) Her mother.
(b) No one.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother and grandmother.

5. What was the duration of Anderson's father's long absence during her adolescence?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 9 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem entitled "scratching my throat with a pen" (149) is about Anderson's night job in what field?

2. After how many years did Anderson's father regain a position within a certain line of work he had previously done?

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

4. Which member of Anderson's family says that children should be told to follow their nightmares?

5. What perk of the telemarketing position made Anderson adore her job, though it paid very litte?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Danuta Danielsson and what is the significance of her introduction?

3. How does the motif of dreams enter Anderson’s poetry memoir?

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

5. How does the theme of isolation enter the part of the memoir dealing with Anderson’s time at Georgetown University?

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

7. What two elements does Anderson contrast within the poem “triptych” (210) and for what purpose?

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

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

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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