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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. At the behest of a particular teacher, Anderson joins what sports team in the fall of her 10th grade year?
2. Anderson and her family were terrified for years that Anderson's father would take what action?
3. To which famous artist does Anderson allude when she describes finding out about her father's PTSD-fueled beating of her mother before she was born?
4. In addition to Anderson herself, who else fixed the problem keeping Anderson from studying abroad?
5. The haiku Anderson includes in the book is dedicated to whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What experience did Anderson's father undergo while working in the concentration camps that helped him heal just a little bit?
2. What difference does Anderson observe between her experiences in ninth grade and her experiences in tenth grade?
3. In what way was a gym teacher at Anderson’s school instrumental in her process of healing?
4. In what way did travel underscore for Anderson what she did not want to happen in her own life?
5. In what way does Anderson employ foreshadowing within her poetry memoir?
6. In the months immediately following IT's rape of Anderson, what main coping mechanism does Anderson use to cope with the trauma?
7. What event teaches Anderson that some words are too powerful ever to be spoken aloud?
8. How does irony appear within the poem entitled “candy-striped” (81)?
9. How does the theme of transformation enter the part of the poetry memoir describing Anderson’s high school years?
10. What types of allusions does Anderson use to depict her father's secrecy about his traumatic war experiences?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the Acevedo’s message concerning the unique struggle undergone by young people who experience sexual violence?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how and why Anderson instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of SHOUT.
Essay Topic 3
Determine Anderson’s message within the poetry memoir SHOUT regarding the idea that gender norms and societal expectations are still ruling young women’s lives, even in the twenty-first century.
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