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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. What was the name of Carole's father?

2. What did LaTisha and Jayla's mother tell them was the name of Jayla's father?

3. How old was Carole when she was sexually assaulted?

4. Who wrote The Joys of Motherhood?

5. Where did Bummi and Kofi go for their honeymoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Republic of Freedomia? How is it described?

2. How would you describe Yazz's relationship with Roland?

3. What is significant about Amma's play that is opening in Chapter 1? What is the play about?

4. What major event happened in Carole's life when she was 13?

5. How is Bummi's relationship with Sister Omofe described?

6. How did Bummi respond to learning about Freddy? Why?

7. What is intersectional feminism?

8. Where did Carole attend college? What were her experiences like here?

9. How is Freddy described? How is he different than Carole?

10. How are Carole's and LaTisha's circumstances similar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character and backstory of LaTisha in Girl, Woman, Other. What are LaTisha's current circumstances in the present-tense narrative when her character is introduced? What major events in LaTisha's past have created her current circumstances? What does LaTisha want? How does she go about achieving her goals?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of identity as explored in Carole's narrative in Girl, Woman, Other. How does Carole's identity change in the course of her story? Are these changes positive? Why or why not? What does Carole's story say about the nature of identity?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Amma's play The Last Amazon of Dahomey. What is the subject of the work? What are its major themes? Why is the play significant to the plot in Girl, Woman, Other?

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