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

2. What kind of positions does the author begin taking in life starting in Chapter 2?
(a) Extreme.
(b) Positive.
(c) Negative.
(d) Indifferent.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color coat does Audre's first playmate wear?

3. What kind of unique consciousness does Audre attribute for her ability to be a focused writer?

4. What does Audre do to her first boyfriend when she begins college?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Audre initially react to the tragedy of Pearl Harbor?

2. How is Audre's abortion described in the book?

3. What does Audre do when she plays with a little girl named Toni in the book?

4. How are the Carriacou women first described in the book?

5. How does Audre react to Gennie's death in the book?

6. How is Gennie's relationship with her mother Louisa described in the book?

7. How is the meaning of Zami first described in the book?

8. How is the beginning of Audre's desire for female companionship described in the book?

9. What is the nature of the results of the aptitude test Audre takes in high school?

10. How are "The Branded" first described in the book?

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