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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. Anderson states that she speaks to thousands of teens and hundreds of which other group of people at book festivals?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Writers.
(c) Survivors of sexual violence.
(d) Poets.

2. What was NOT a topic discussed at Anderson's morning assembly before her afternoon talk was ruined by the fire alarm?
(a) Bodies.
(b) Self-defense techniques for young women.
(c) Violence.
(d) Sex.

3. Which celebrity does Anderson name as a woman who "was three months older than" (129) she is?
(a) Farrah Fawcett.
(b) Lady Diana.
(c) Brittany Murphy.
(d) Aaliyah.

4. What is the last name of the author of the young adult novel MONSTER?
(a) Macron.
(b) Myers.
(c) Miller.
(d) Mason.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem entitled "inappropriate dictators" (191) begins with a portrait of a public school superintendent from which state?

2. Anderson's mother told her that her father had gone to what city during his lengthy absence?

3. When Anderson returned to America from Denmark, she promptly went to retrieve what object?

4. Anderson's husband calculated that she spoke to how many teens between publishing Speak and publishing SHOUT?

5. Anderson states that when she was young, her father used to take her out of school on a whim so that they could engage in which activity together?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In what way does the sound motif appear within SHOUT?

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

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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