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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. Whose ex-boyfriend is a man named Art?

2. What does the woman who lives with Audre and Muriel do before leaving their home?

3. What is the formal name of Audre's friend Ginger?

4. What is the name of the group of black lesbians Audre joins?

5. What does Audre find that Muriel finds threatening about her after reading something she wrote?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Audre's peak in her lesbianism described after she drops out of college?

5. How does Audre describe Stamford, Connecticut when she first moves there?

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

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

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

9. What causes Audre to drop out of college?

10. How are the "closed-shop" laws 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 concept of heritage is something brought up in several capacities throughout the book.

1) How is the Grenadian heritage, namely the Carriacou culture examined in the book and what impact does it have on the author?

2) What lessons does Audre learn about the importance of heritage from her relationship with Eudora while in Mexico?

3) How does Audre reflect upon her own heritage in the book and how does she define it?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the portrayal of education in the book and the impact it had on Audre's life. How did Audre's views towards education evolve throughout the book and what outside influences were responsible for this path?

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