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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 type of laws does Audre mention as being the reason she could find work in Stamford?
(a) Red bar laws.
(b) Closed-shop laws.
(c) Post war laws.
(d) Black shop laws.

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

3. What happens to Audre's father that requires her to come home from Stamford?
(a) He has a heart attack.
(b) He has a stroke.
(c) He dies.
(d) He gets in an accident.

4. What is the name of the ex-varsity star in Muriel's high school that she runs into?
(a) Bea.
(b) Ella.
(c) Toni.
(d) Kitty.

5. What is the name of the group of black lesbians Audre joins?
(a) The Branded.
(b) The Together.
(c) The Slain.
(d) Sistah Outsiders.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Audre feel in her old home after leaving Stamford to visit her father?

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

3. Where does Audre begin attending meetings at in Chapter 16?

4. Whom does Audre spend too much time with that leads to her failing subjects in college?

5. What kind of business does Eudora own?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Muriel to cause her split with Audre in the book?

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

3. How is Audre's relationship with Eudora first described in the book?

4. What causes Audre to drop out of college?

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

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

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

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 Audre's peak in her lesbianism described after she drops out of college?

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