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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 263-291 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The man featured at the center of the poem "not responsible for contents" (238) was convicted by a jury after what length of a deliberation?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 3 hours.

2. What experience in a concentration camp healed Anderson's father "just enough that he wept" (8)?
(a) He delivered a lost child to its mother.
(b) He saved a little boy from drowning.
(c) He helped a mother give birth.
(d) He cooked a meal for the survivors.

3. What type of living thing is ganoderma applanatum?
(a) A fungus.
(b) An herb.
(c) An amoeba.
(d) A virus.

4. How many foreign exchange students from all corners of the world were along on Anderson's study abroad program trip, including Anderson herself?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) 19.
(d) 39.

5. Anderson recalls bonding with her friends in high school over what kind of treats?
(a) Peanut butter chews.
(b) Rice Krispie treats.
(c) Pans of peanut brittle.
(d) Banana splits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What main emotion does Anderson report feeling toward her dead brothers?

2. What is NOT an activity named by Anderson when she discusses her daughter's extracurricular activities within the memoir?

3. What method of transportation did Anderson use to reach school during her time overseas?

4. To which of her family members did Anderson often speak while writing The Impossible Knife of Memory?

5. In what language does Anderson say she often dreams?

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