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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Audre particularly enamored by as a child?
(a) Being alone.
(b) Making up stories.
(c) Having pets.
(d) Having friends.

2. Who comes to visit Audre's house just after Gennie's death?
(a) Louisa.
(b) Ella.
(c) Maxine.
(d) Toni.

3. What do Audre's sisters wait until she goes to sleep to do at night?
(a) Storytelling.
(b) Sneak out.
(c) Brush their hair.
(d) Fight.

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

5. What does Audre say her mother hates to cook but that she enjoyed?
(a) Gumbo.
(b) Souse.
(c) Roast beef.
(d) Chicken soup.

6. What disability is the protagonist born with?
(a) No fingers.
(b) Deafness.
(c) Near blindness.
(d) One arm.

7. What is the name of the high school Audre attends?
(a) Hunter College High School.
(b) St. Catherine's School.
(c) Baker High School.
(d) St. Mary's of Hope.

8. What is the name of the librarian who helps the protagonist learn to read?
(a) August Baker.
(b) Eudora Smith.
(c) Barbara Hall.
(d) Louisa May.

9. What does Audre express a desire for in Chapter 4?
(a) A girlfriend.
(b) A boyfriend.
(c) A new mother.
(d) A little sister.

10. What type of book is "Zami, a New Spelling of My Name"?
(a) An autobiography.
(b) A book of short stories.
(c) A fiction novel.
(d) A children's book.

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

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

13. What is the name of the group of bad kids in the author's elementary school class?
(a) Bluejays.
(b) Brownies.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Robins.

14. What does Audre do when she finds out she is pregnant?
(a) Gets a doctor to look at it.
(b) Tries to get an abortion.
(c) Tries to kill herself.
(d) Looks for an adoption agency.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of songs does the protagonist's mother sing to her as a child?

2. What occupation is the man who first molests Audre in the book?

3. How long does Audre say her first encounter with her first playmate lasted?

4. Whom does Audre complain to about her mother at her high school?

5. How old is Audre when she meets her first playmate?

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