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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. How did Anderson fend off a predatory male on her first occasion of fighting back?

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

3. When Anderson embarked upon her trip overseas, she wore a medal bearing the image of which saint?

4. What was the impetus for Anderson's first feeling of deep shame?

5. What word did Anderson say as a child to earn a consequence from her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give an example of an allusion and a sensory detail that Anderson uses to indicate innocence.

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

3. What kinds of successes does Anderson cite when demonstrating to the reader the emotional progress she had made by her eleventh grade year?

4. To what element of life is the metaphor of "chum" connected in the poem of the same name?

5. How does irony appear within the poem entitled “candy-striped” (81)?

6. What experience did Anderson's father undergo while working in the concentration camps that helped him heal just a little bit?

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

8. What metaphor does Anderson use to depict the enormous anger that seemed to take over her rapist's body and why?

9. In what way was a gym teacher at Anderson’s school instrumental in her process of healing?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Anderson’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of SHOUT. How does Anderson use ethos, pathos, and logos within her verse memoir in order to persuade the reader of key messages central to the tenets of the work?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Anderson herald and/or denigrate the use of coping mechanisms in dealing with trauma and how does Anderson’s treatment of this topic relate to the poetry memoir's depicted messages?

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