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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. One of Anderson's guesses regarding a particular person's choice to pull the fire alarm had to do with the culprit being what "as hell"?

2. Anderson reports that her father again found work in what arena after a period of years?

3. In what state was the school where someone pulled the fire alarm at the moment Anderson began her afternoon assembly?

4. Anderson frowns on parents who tell their children what maxim?

5. With what emotion did Anderson's new friend greet Anderson's mistake with the lemon and cream during tea?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Whom does Anderson credit with teaching her everything she knows about (170) her “responsibility to [her] readers”?

3. In what way does the sound motif appear within SHOUT?

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

5. What two elements does Anderson contrast within the poem “triptych” (210) and for what purpose?

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

7. What is one suggestion that Anderson provides in relation to how young women should be instructed in a different manner than the ways in which they are currently taught?

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

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

10. To whom does Anderson address the poem entitled “forgiveness” (206)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Anderson’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of SHOUT.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is the Acevedo’s message concerning the unique struggle undergone by young people who experience sexual violence?

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