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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of unique consciousness does Audre attribute for her ability to be a focused writer?
2. What kind of positions does the author begin taking in life starting in Chapter 2?
3. Whom does Audre's mother believe is molesting Gennie?
4. How old is Audre when she meets her first playmate?
5. How long does Audre say her first encounter with her first playmate lasted?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Audre describe her introduction to cooking in the book?
2. How are the Carriacou women first described in the book?
3. Why is Audre jealous of her older sisters while growing up?
4. How is Audre's poetry writing described when she first joins The Branded?
5. How does Audre describe her first menstruation in the book?
6. How does Audre describe being raped on a rooftop when she was 10-years-old?
7. How are Audre's actions to be prepared after Pearl Harbor described in the book?
8. How is the beginning of Audre's desire for female companionship described in the book?
9. How does Audre describe her view of her mother when she was a young child in Harlem?
10. How is Audre's first experience with segregation described in the book?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Audre's reaction to sex with men versus women. What impact might Audre's being raped and molested several times has had on her views towards men? What other factors are present to explain her preference of women in a sexual sense?
Essay Topic 2
The theme of lesbianism is an important one in the book and helps define the protagonist more clearly.
1) What impact does Audre's poetry writing have on her ability to be open about her lesbianism for the first time, especially considering her relations with The Branded at the time?
2) What is telling of the evolution of Audre's lesbianism based on her relationships with Gennie and Muriel?
3) What role does Audre play in the New York lesbian scene and what does this community mean to her?
Essay Topic 3
The mother-daughter relationship is something that helps carry the story from beginning to end and has perhaps the biggest impact on the author's life.
1) What can we learn about the impact Audre's relationship with her mother had based on her portrayal of her childhood experiences with her mother?
2) What circumstances led to Audre's estrangement from her mother as she grew older? What might the author wish for this progression to represent in terms of character development?
3) What deductions can be made about the author's final opinions of the mother-daughter relationship based on her belief that her desires to be with women came from her mother's blood?
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