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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Audre when she meets her first playmate?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

2. What occupation is the man who first molests Audre in the book?
(a) A cook.
(b) A waiter.
(c) A comic book storeowner.
(d) A teacher.

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

4. What event does the author note as bringing much difficulty upon her family in Chapter 1?
(a) D Day.
(b) The stock market crash.
(c) World War II.
(d) Pearl Harbor.

5. What kind of religion is the protagonist brought up in?
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Catholicism.

6. What does Audre help take care of for her father when she works with him as a young girl?
(a) His inventory.
(b) His receipts.
(c) His books.
(d) His money.

7. Whom does Audre's mother believe is molesting Gennie?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

8. What kind of unique consciousness does Audre attribute for her ability to be a focused writer?
(a) Racial.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Racial and sexual.
(d) Sexual.

9. How old is Audre when she is raped on a rooftop?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

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

11. Who has to take Audre on her class trip after she is made to stay in a different hotel from the other kids'?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her teacher.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her principal.

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

13. What areas did Audre score well on in the aptitude test she took in high school?
(a) Math and science.
(b) Reading and math.
(c) Science and manual dexterity.
(d) Math.

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

15. Whom does Audre complain to about her mother at her high school?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) A school counselor.
(c) Her principal.
(d) A teacher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Audre's family find at the end of Chapter 7?

3. What office does Audre run for in her middle school?

4. Why does Audre say she loves making the dish her mother hates?

5. What is the name of the author's first grade teacher?

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