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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subjects did Audre learn well in elementary school that help her in her next school?
(a) History and math.
(b) Reading and Writing.
(c) Math and reading.
(d) Science and math.

2. What is the name of the island filled with women that the author focuses on in Chapter 1?
(a) Barbuda.
(b) Mali.
(c) Carriacou.
(d) Zami.

3. What political stance does Audre begin conforming to in Chapter 13?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Communism.

4. Whom does Audre share a bed with growing up?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her sisters.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her cousin.

5. What does Audre have a deep need for even as a young child?
(a) Attention from her father.
(b) Male acceptance.
(c) Love.
(d) Female acceptance.

6. What is the name of the author's first grade teacher?
(a) Sister Mary of Perpetual Help.
(b) Lilly Smith.
(c) Sister Jane of Hope.
(d) Mary Grace.

7. What profession are Audre's friends Jean and Gennie in the book?
(a) Dancers.
(b) Singers.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Teachers.

8. Which of Audre's friends in The Branded attempts suicide several times?
(a) Ginger.
(b) Bea.
(c) Helen.
(d) Gennie.

9. In what year did the protagonist's parents immigrate to the United States?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1930.

10. What does the man who rapes Audre on a rooftop take from her?
(a) Her purse.
(b) Her necklace.
(c) Her glasses.
(d) Her clothes.

11. What is the name that expresses how Carriacou women love one another in the book?
(a) Zami.
(b) Bali.
(c) Tani.
(d) Pamu.

12. What is the name of the school that Audre attends as the first black student?
(a) St. Mary's Episcopal.
(b) St. Catherine's School.
(c) St. Patrick of Hope.
(d) St. Ignatius.

13. Where does Audre visit with her class in Chapter 10?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Washington, D.C.

14. What hobby does Audre begin doing after joining her group of outcast friends in high school?
(a) Painting.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Pottery making.
(d) Poetry writing.

15. How long does Audre say her first encounter with her first playmate lasted?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Audre say her mother hates to cook but that she enjoyed?

2. What tragedy occurs at the beginning of Chapter 7?

3. How much does Audre tell her family about her molestation in Chapter 6?

4. What does Audre decide to do just after graduating high school?

5. What is the name of the boy in the author's class who helps her fit in with the good kids?

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