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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 59-117.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Anderson began swimming all over town, what were all the pools made of?
(a) Fiberglass.
(b) Rubber.
(c) Metal.
(d) Concrete.

2. At what young age did Anderson learn how to drive a car?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

3. Anderson states that in her school abroad, the students had been allowed to engage in what activity during class?
(a) Texting.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Chewing gum.
(d) Drawing.

4. The celebration centered on Anderson's older brother within her host family lasts until what time of day?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Dawn.

5. Anderson's mother used to resemble which famous actress?
(a) Charlize Theron.
(b) Katherine Hepburn.
(c) Rita Hayworth.
(d) Elizabeth Taylor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What experience in a concentration camp healed Anderson's father "just enough that he wept" (8)?

2. To what concentration camps was Anderson's father sent later in his military career?

3. To which famous artist does Anderson allude when she describes finding out about her father's PTSD-fueled beating of her mother before she was born?

4. Russell Hoban declared that which of his favorite writers was a "man without eyelids" (70)?

5. Anderson's alcoholic parents were fond of what type of alcohol?

(see the answer key)

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