Shores Beyond Shores Postscript review

What was the main rule that Irene Butter and her family decided to follow after meeting with the Kaplans?

• To start a new business

• To never speak of the past

• To write a book about their experiences

What did Irene Butter major in during her time at college?

• Literature

• Science

• Economics

How did Mutti find the transition to working in America compared to Irene?

• Easier because she had previous experience

• More difficult as she was recovering from being a wealthy banker's wife in Berlin

• She did not work and continued her education

What did Irene Butter do after high school?

• She immediately started working full-time

• Irene Butter became a professional athlete.
• She attended Queens College while living at home

What unique position did Irene Butter find herself in at Duke University?

• She was the only female in a PhD program

• She was the only student from New York

• She was the only female in her class

What did the narrator teach at the University of Michigan?

• Public Health

• 
  Economics

• 
  Neuroscience

What event in 1986 marked a turning point for the narrator?

• Teaching at the University of Michigan

• The marriage of her children

• 
  Serving on a panel about Anne Frank

According to the text, what did the narrator decide to do with her experiences?

• Use them to lessen the burden of others

• Write a book

• Stay silent

Who is the famous Holocaust survivor quoted in the text?

• Anne Frank

• Elie Wiesel

• Noah

What is the significance of the phrase "not just bone against bone" in paragraph 7?

• It signifies a close and comfortable relationship.

• It refers to a competitive situation.

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  It represents a physical state of being undernourished.