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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many times does Sugar suggest people in their twenties read the books of poetry they buy?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

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

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

5. How old was Ian when he was burned?
(a) 25.
(b) 35.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the book dedicated?

2. At what age does Over It report having been assaulted?

3. Which of the following authors did Sugar have posted on a chalkboard?

4. What language did Sugar study?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sugar cite as “feminism’s one true failure” (182)?

2. How does the book explain the origin of its respondent’s pseudonym?

3. What does Sugar offer as the best possible advice for an aspiring writer?

4. How does Sugar euthanize the baby bird she finds with a broken neck?

5. What does Sugar cite as a deciding factor in which letters get answers from her?

6. Aside from wearing a particular mask, what advice does Sugar report avoiding giving?

7. Why does Sugar hold that Mourning and Raging’s husband offended more fully than her employee?

8. What reasons does Sugar posit for Crowded’s sons to resist leaving home?

9. What are the things Sugar asserts Gump does not know he does not know?

10. What favorable qualities does Haunted by His Sexual Past’s boyfriend have?

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