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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. In what location did Anderson's parents live while they waited for Anderson's mother's mouth to heal and for her false teeth to arrive?
2. What kind of burns are said to have the potential to be lethal?
3. Who taught Anderson to drive a car at a young age?
4. To what concentration camps was Anderson's father sent later in his military career?
5. Russell Hoban declared that which of his favorite writers was a "man without eyelids" (70)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What event teaches Anderson that some words are too powerful ever to be spoken aloud?
2. In what way did travel underscore for Anderson what she did not want to happen in her own life?
3. Give an example of an allusion and a sensory detail that Anderson uses to indicate innocence.
4. What traumatic experience did Anderson's father undergo at age 18?
5. Provide an example of Anderson’s use of personification within a particular poem.
6. What do the lifeguards symbolize within the poem entitled "chum"?
7. What experience did Anderson's father undergo while working in the concentration camps that helped him heal just a little bit?
8. What is ironic about the experience that teaches Anderson that some words are too powerful to be expressed aloud?
9. How does Anderson characterize her father's silence in relation to his wartime experiences?
10. What evidence does Anderson provide for her claim that physical activity helped her to gain courage?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within SHOUT and what is Anderson’s message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Anderson’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of SHOUT. How does Anderson use ethos, pathos, and logos within her verse memoir in order to persuade the reader of key messages central to the work's goals?
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the theme of reclaiming one’s voice, as depicted within the memoir SHOUT. What is Anderson’s message regarding the value of speaking and writing about one’s own experiences and how do you know?
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