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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. What did the professor in "drawn and quartered" do to make his class feel slightly dirty upon exiting his class?
(a) He gave compliments.
(b) He drew pictures.
(c) He sang songs.
(d) He used inappropriate touch.

2. Which celebrity does Anderson name as a woman who "was three months older than" (129) she is?
(a) Farrah Fawcett.
(b) Brittany Murphy.
(c) Aaliyah.
(d) Lady Diana.

3. The poem "Polyhymnia" (167) focuses on which of Anderson's firsts?
(a) Her first day of middle school.
(b) Her first communion.
(c) Her first kiss.
(d) Her first day of high school.

4. What emotion of the speaker's acts as the central mood of the poem entitled 'sincerely" (236)?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

5. The poem "tsunami" depicts how many survivors of sexual violence struggling to metaphorically keep their heads above water?
(a) Millions.
(b) Hundreds of thousands.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Tens of thousands.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem entitled "drawn and quartered" is about one of Anderson's professors who had been raising how many children on his own?

2. Who pulled the fire alarm at the start of Anderson's second assembly in a particular high school?

3. When Anderson returned to America from Denmark, she promptly went to retrieve what object?

4. How did Anderson come to meet the author of the young adult novel MONSTER?

5. The poem entitled "scratching my throat with a pen" (149) is about Anderson's night job in what field?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. To what location is Anderson referring when she discusses her “last leaving” and her “predawn trip” in the poem “calving iceberg” (138)?

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

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

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

6. How long after Anderson was raped did she begin her high school career?

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

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

9. For what purpose did Anderson go to Denmark and for how long did she stay?

10. How does Anderson go about creating an interdisciplinary work of literature within the poem entitled “forgiveness” (206)?

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