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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. Which of Anderson's books do Anderson and the librarian discuss within the poem "librarian on the cusp of courage" (188)?
(a) Speak.
(b) SHOUT.
(c) Believe.
(d) Prom.

2. The poem entitled "emerging" on page 254 focuses on the strength and volatility of which group of people?
(a) Poets.
(b) The young.
(c) The elderly.
(d) Women.

3. The poem entitled "scratching my throat with a pen" (149) is about Anderson's night job in what field?
(a) Law.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Retail.

4. Anderson states that "when you get a letter from jail," (239) what object reads "Not Responsible for Contents" (239)?
(a) The front of the envelope.
(b) The flap of the envelope.
(c) The inside of the envelope.
(d) The stamp.

5. Anderson frowns on parents who tell their children what maxim?
(a) To follow their dreams.
(b) To believe in themselves.
(c) To be true to themselves.
(d) To reach for the stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scientific term does Anderson use to differentiate between herself and the character of Melinda?

2. On what kind of farm did Anderson live as a child?

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

4. With whom did Anderson watch the broadcast of Lady Diana's funeral?

5. With what emotion did Anderson's new friend greet Anderson's mistake with the lemon and cream during tea?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom does Anderson address the poem entitled “forgiveness” (206)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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