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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Anderson states that when she was not using her drug of choice, the only other action that would help her breathe was what?
2. What was the impetus for Anderson's first feeling of deep shame?
3. When Anderson embarked upon her trip overseas, she wore a medal bearing the image of which saint?
4. 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?
5. What kind of textbooks were censored in Anderson's high school?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the months immediately following IT's rape of Anderson, what main coping mechanism does Anderson use to cope with the trauma?
2. What metaphor does Anderson use to depict the enormous anger that seemed to take over her rapist's body and why?
3. What difference does Anderson observe between her experiences in ninth grade and her experiences in tenth grade?
4. What types of allusions does Anderson use to depict her father's secrecy about his traumatic war experiences?
5. In what form is Anderson's memoir written and which of the text’s goals does this choice help Anderson to fulfill?
6. In what way did travel underscore for Anderson what she did not want to happen in her own life?
7. What event teaches Anderson that some words are too powerful ever to be spoken aloud?
8. What experience did Anderson's father undergo while working in the concentration camps that helped him heal just a little bit?
9. How does Anderson use sarcasm in order to make a point at the end of the poem entitled “ignorance” (83)?
10. What painful realization does Anderson have during high school in relation to her parents?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Trace Anderson’s character arc throughout the poetry memoir SHOUT. Discuss whether Anderson is presenting herself as a person who has changed (dynamic) or a person who has remained the same over time (static). Connect Anderson’s choice to the overarching themes present within the text.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Anderson’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of SHOUT.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Anderson's choice to tell the story of SHOUT using the form of a poetry memoir. What elements of the story’s themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Anderson’s intended effects on the reader?
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