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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 what age did Anderson's mother take her to a pond for swimming lessons?

2. What action did Anderson's rapist take once he stepped away from her and zipped up his jeans?

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

4. At the behest of a particular teacher, Anderson joins what sports team in the fall of her 10th grade year?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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. In what form is Anderson's memoir written and which of the text’s goals does this choice help Anderson to fulfill?

5. What difference does Anderson observe between her experiences in ninth grade and her experiences in tenth grade?

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

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

8. What painful realization does Anderson have during high school in relation to her parents?

9. In what way does Anderson employ foreshadowing within her poetry memoir?

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

What messages does Anderson send about the difference between idealism and denial and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the interplay between the appendices of SHOUT and one of the poetry memoir's main messages. How does Anderson make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the poetry memoir?

Essay Topic 3

What message does Anderson send within the pages of SHOUT concerning the link between communication and healing?

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