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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. How does Audre feel after hearing Muriel and her old friend making love one night?
(a) Excited.
(b) Devastated.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Happy.

2. Where does Audre find a job as an x-ray machine operator?
(a) Manchester Lighting.
(b) Keystone Electronics.
(c) Stamford Hospital.
(d) General Electric.

3. Whose ex-boyfriend is a man named Art?
(a) Kitty's.
(b) Rhea's.
(c) Bea's.
(d) Frieda's.

4. How old is Audre when she has her first lesbian sexual experience?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 18.
(d) 20.

5. What does Audre say her flirtations must be as a part of the New York lesbian scene?
(a) Overt.
(b) Obscene.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Subtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Audre and Muriel find they feel towards the woman who comes to live with them?

2. What is the name of the elderly woman Audre meets in Mexico?

3. What job does Audre find in Chapter 26?

4. What college was Eudora the first woman to attend?

5. Audre say that white feminists began taking credit for work she started. After how many years does this happen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Audre's work as an X-ray technician described in the book?

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

3. How are the "closed-shop" laws described in the book?

4. How does Audre's friend Lynn cause problems between her and Muriel when she moves in with them?

5. How is Audre's mental state described after she moves to Stamford?

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

7. How is Audre's relationship with Muriel first described in the book?

8. What causes Audre to drop out of college?

9. How is Audre's involvement in the Committee to Free the Rosenbergs described?

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

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