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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Sugar address comments about friendship?
(a) Guy Girard.
(b) Looking for Love.
(c) Friend without Borders.
(d) Odd Man Out.

2. How old does Sugar note her mother was when she first became pregnant?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 20.
(d) 19.

3. Which of the following does Sugar reference?
(a) Carlo Levi.
(b) Francesco Rosi.
(c) Linuccia Saba.
(d) Rocco Scotellaro.

4. Which organization’s website does Sugar recommend?
(a) BabyCenter.
(b) Single Mothers by Choice.
(c) Parents without Partners.
(d) Daily Strength.

5. Which of Eudora Welty's works does Sugar quote?
(a) A Worn Path.
(b) Delta Wedding.
(c) The Optimist's Daughter.
(d) Why I Live at the P.O.

6. To whom does Sugar address comments about writing?
(a) Alyssa Violinist.
(b) Alice Violist.
(c) Lisa Cellist.
(d) Elissa Bassist.

7. What novelist does Sugar recommend to the graduates she addresses?
(a) Richard Wright.
(b) Ralph Ellison.
(c) Zora Neale Hurston.
(d) James Baldwin.

8. Which of the following does Sugar quote?
(a) Robert Gates.
(b) Donald Rumsfeld.
(c) Chuck Hagel.
(d) Leon Panetta.

9. From what city does Abbie write?
(a) Macon.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Augusta.

10. What language did Sugar study?
(a) Latin.
(b) Sanskrit.
(c) Greek.
(d) Hebrew.

11. Who provides the preface to the tenth anniversary edition of the book?
(a) Strayed.
(b) Fitzgerald.
(c) Elliott.
(d) Almond.

12. How old does Wearing Thin report being?
(a) 19.
(b) 25.
(c) 22.
(d) 28.

13. How many years ago does Orphan report transitioning?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

14. How old is Sugar’s daughter when she must begin to conceal her body issues from her?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

15. What does Sugar cite as a means of funding graduate study?
(a) Peace Corps.
(b) Marine Corps.
(c) Greenpeace.
(d) Job Corps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provides the introduction to Tiny Beautiful Things?

2. What poet does Sugar recommend to the graduates she addresses?

3. Whom does Sugar hold up as a standard of beauty?

4. Approximately how many letter-writers respond to Sugar’s responses?

5. What name does Sugar note was common among the youth with whom she worked in advocacy?

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