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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anderson began swimming all over town, what were all the pools made of?

2. What experience in a concentration camp healed Anderson's father "just enough that he wept" (8)?

3. The introduction of SHOUT states that "this is a story of a girl who lost her voice" (1) and then took what action?

4. Russell Hoban declared that which of his favorite writers was a "man without eyelids" (70)?

5. In what location did Anderson's parents live while they waited for Anderson's mother's mouth to heal and for her false teeth to arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the months immediately following IT's rape of Anderson, what main coping mechanism does Anderson use to cope with the trauma?

2. In what way did travel underscore for Anderson what she did not want to happen in her own life?

3. What traumatic experience did Anderson's father undergo at age 18?

4. What is ironic about the experience that teaches Anderson that some words are too powerful to be expressed aloud?

5. According to Anderson, what element is necessary in order to heal from the trauma of sexual violence?

6. What types of allusions does Anderson use to depict her father's secrecy about his traumatic war experiences?

7. What evidence does Anderson provide for her claim that physical activity helped her to gain courage?

8. How does the theme of transformation enter the part of the poetry memoir describing Anderson’s high school years?

9. How does Anderson characterize her father's silence in relation to his wartime experiences?

10. Provide an example of Anderson’s use of personification within a particular poem.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the ways in which the water motif appears within Anderson’s poetry memoir SHOUT. What messages are being communicated to the reader through the use of this motif?

Essay Topic 2

What goals did Anderson’s use of the verse memoir form help her to achieve with SHOUT?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Anderson utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within SHOUT and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.

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