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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 kind of treatments does Muriel blame for stealing a part of her?
(a) Hypnotherapy.
(b) Aromatherapy.
(c) Massage.
(d) Electroshock.

2. What does Audre say she felt for the first time in her life after moving to Mexico?
(a) Appreciation.
(b) Attention.
(c) Curious.
(d) Recognized.

3. What job does Audre get after returning to Stamford from visiting her father?
(a) An X-ray technician.
(b) A cook.
(c) Teaching.
(d) A driver.

4. What college was Eudora the first woman to attend?
(a) University of Texas.
(b) University of Arizona.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

5. What does Audre give to a man who tries to rape her in Chapter 23?
(a) Her clothes.
(b) Her wallet.
(c) Her jewelry.
(d) Her glasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of friends does Audre say told her that her blackness made her partly invisible?

2. What does Audre say she realized about herself after dropping out of college?

3. What is the name of Audre's only black friend out of her lesbian group in New York?

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

5. What ailment does Eudora suffer from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Audre's first time making love with Ginger described in the book?

2. What causes Audre to drop out of college?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What political advancements lead to Audre moving back to the U.S. from Mexico?

9. How is Audre's near-rape described in Chapter 23?

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

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