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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. Anderson's mother used to resemble which famous actress?

3. Anderson describes what "untreated" emotion as " a cancer of the soul" (68)?

4. The haiku Anderson includes in the book is dedicated to whom?

5. What was the impetus for Anderson's first feeling of deep shame?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about the experience that teaches Anderson that some words are too powerful to be expressed aloud?

2. In what way did travel underscore for Anderson what she did not want to happen in her own life?

3. What traumatic experience did Anderson's father undergo at age 18?

4. In what way was a gym teacher at Anderson’s school instrumental in her process of healing?

5. What kinds of successes does Anderson cite when demonstrating to the reader the emotional progress she had made by her eleventh grade year?

6. Give an example of an allusion and a sensory detail that Anderson uses to indicate innocence.

7. In the months immediately following IT's rape of Anderson, what main coping mechanism does Anderson use to cope with the trauma?

8. How does Anderson use sarcasm in order to make a point at the end of the poem entitled “ignorance” (83)?

9. What difference does Anderson observe between her experiences in ninth grade and her experiences in tenth grade?

10. To what element of life is the metaphor of "chum" connected in the poem of the same name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Anderson use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.

Essay Topic 2

What is the Acevedo’s message concerning the unique struggle undergone by young people who experience sexual violence?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the ways in which the water motif appears within Anderson’s poetry memoir SHOUT. What messages are being communicated to the reader through the use of this motif?

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