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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Gennie and Louisa in the book?
(a) Sisters.
(b) Mother and daughter.
(c) Friends.
(d) Cousins.

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

3. What does Audre's mother do on election days when Audre is young?
(a) She keeps a drink stand.
(b) She works at the voting booths.
(c) She protests outside.
(d) She keeps a food stand.

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

5. What tragedy occurs at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Pearl Harbor.
(b) D Day.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Vietnam War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Audre's friends in The Branded attempts suicide several times?

2. What is the name the author and her family are called due to their light black skin?

3. What is the name of the group of good kids in the author's elementary school class?

4. What is the name of Audre's first love?

5. Who comes to visit Audre's house just after Gennie's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Audre's actions to be prepared after Pearl Harbor described in the book?

2. How does the author describe her parents' relationship for the first time in the book?

3. How is Audre's relationship with Peter described in the book?

4. How is Audre's first experience with segregation described in the book?

5. How does Audre describe her view of her mother when she was a young child in Harlem?

6. How is Audre's poetry writing described when she first joins The Branded?

7. How is Gennie's death described in the book?

8. What does Audre's mother believe is happening to Gennie to cause her to commit suicide?

9. How does a boy named Alvin help Audre succeed in her first grade class?

10. How does Audre describe being raped on a rooftop when she was 10-years-old?

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