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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. According to Anderson, what new undertaking in her writing required her to risk her pride?
2. Anderson states that she speaks to thousands of teens and hundreds of which other group of people at book festivals?
3. The poem entitled "inappropriate dictators" (191) begins with a portrait of a public school superintendent from which state?
4. What scientific term does Anderson use to differentiate between herself and the character of Melinda?
5. Anderson's mother told her that her father had gone to what city during his lengthy absence?
Short Essay Questions
1. What list does Anderson provide within the poem entitled “forgiveness” (206) and for what purpose does she include this list?
2. Whom does Anderson credit with teaching her everything she knows about (170) her “responsibility to [her] readers”?
3. How does the theme of class difference arise within the poem entitled “sweet-and-sour tea” (142)?
4. For what purpose did Anderson go to Denmark and for how long did she stay?
5. What instruction does Anderson give to the reader at the end of the poem entitled “forgiveness” (206) and what is her purpose for doing so?
6. In what way does Anderson characterize the way in which her life and her stories intersect?
7. In what way does Anderson portray the tendency for victims of sexual violence to be failed within the legal system?
8. 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?
9. How long after Anderson was raped did she begin her high school career?
10. How does the motif of dreams enter Anderson’s poetry memoir?
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 goals did Anderson’s use of the verse memoir form help her to achieve with SHOUT?
Essay Topic 3
What messages does Anderson send about the difference between idealism and denial and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?
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