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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 program that Muriel enlists in a hospital meant to help cure?
(a) Drug addicts.
(b) Suicide risk.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Cancer patients.

2. What does Audre have trouble finding in Chapter 28?
(a) A girlfriend.
(b) A house.
(c) A job.
(d) A car.

3. What kind of business does Eudora own?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A candle shop.
(c) A bar.
(d) A restaurant.

4. What does the woman who lives with Audre and Muriel do before leaving their home?
(a) Runs away with Muriel.
(b) Takes their dog.
(c) Steals their car.
(d) Steals their money.

5. What does Audre say that black females faced every day that white lesbians did not?
(a) Love.
(b) Pride.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Oppression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of one of the women Audre saw as a candidate to have her first lesbian affair with?

2. How does Audre describe her grief over losing Muriel?

3. What is Eudora's nickname in the book?

4. How old is Audre when she moves to Mexico?

5. What type of laws does Audre mention as being the reason she could find work in Stamford?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Audre describe her job at the New York Public Library?

2. Why does Audre express frustration regarding white feminists in Chapter 23?

3. How is the New York lesbian scene described in Chapter 29?

4. How is Muriel's affair with Toni described in the book?

5. How is the city of Cuernavaca described in the book when Audre moves there?

6. How is Audre's relationship with Bea described in the book?

7. What does Audre do after finding out her father had a stroke?

8. How does Audre describe her treatment in society as a black woman in comparison with her white lesbian friends?

9. How is the character Eudora first described in the book?

10. What causes Audre to drop out of college?

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