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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Audre have a deep need for even as a young child?
(a) Female acceptance.
(b) Male acceptance.
(c) Love.
(d) Attention from her father.

2. What about her country does Audre say she felt alienated from in Chapter 10?
(a) Political institutions and history.
(b) Educational systems.
(c) Politics.
(d) Society.

3. What is the name of Audre's first playmate?
(a) Bea.
(b) Ada.
(c) Toni.
(d) Jill.

4. How does Gennie die in the book?
(a) She shoots herself.
(b) She drowns.
(c) She takes rat poison.
(d) She cuts her wrists.

5. In what year did the protagonist's parents immigrate to the United States?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1924.

6. What nationality is the woman whom Audre finds to help her with her pregnancy?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) Asian.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

7. What hobby does Audre begin doing after joining her group of outcast friends in high school?
(a) Pottery making.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Painting.
(d) Poetry writing.

8. How does Audre describe her relationship with her family when she is in high school?
(a) Full of abuse.
(b) Tense.
(c) Happy.
(d) Content.

9. What subjects did Audre learn well in elementary school that help her in her next school?
(a) Science and math.
(b) Math and reading.
(c) Reading and Writing.
(d) History and math.

10. Who is against Audre running for office in her middle school?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her teacher.
(d) Her father.

11. How does working with her father make Audre feel?
(a) Resentful.
(b) Happy.
(c) Excited.
(d) Sad.

12. How does Audre feel after Gennie dies?
(a) She is in denial.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is crushed.
(d) She is indifferent.

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

14. What tragedy occurs at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) D Day.
(d) Pearl Harbor.

15. What is Audre afraid is wrong with her after she finds help with her pregnancy?
(a) That she will lose her boyfriend.
(b) That she is hemorrhaging.
(c) That she will die.
(d) That she will lose the baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the author's first grade teacher?

2. What does Audre believe led to her becoming a writer?

3. How old is Audre when she meets her first playmate?

4. How does Audre rock her first playmate?

5. At what age does Audre begin her first period?

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