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

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

3. In what language does Anderson say she often dreams?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) Danish.

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

5. To how many years in prison was the man at the center of the poem "not responsible for contents" (238) sentenced?
(a) 5.
(b) 40.
(c) 180.
(d) 90.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what kind of farm did Anderson work as an adolescent?

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

3. What does the Wite-out in the poem entitled "calving iceberg" (138) symbolize?

4. What emotion of the speaker's acts as the central mood of the poem entitled 'sincerely" (236)?

5. In the poem entitled "blowing up" (177) Anderson states that victims of intercourse-free sexual violence are entitled to have attention paid to what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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