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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 is the marital status of Queenie's Aunt Maggie?

2. Queenie reveals to the reader in Chapter 11 that which character is the only man she has ever trusted?

3. In which department of the newspaper office does Queenie work?

4. In which part of the United Kingdom was Queenie born?

5. What shocking information does Queenie find out in Chapter 1 while the messenger is behaving much too casually?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what setting does Chapter 1 of Queenie take place?

2. Provide a piece of evidence suggesting that Tom had an inadequate grasp of anti-racism techniques.

3. What is the significance of the phrase "couple goals" (44) in Chapter 3?

4. For what reason does Queenie travel to Oxford Street in Chapter 10?

5. Who is Diana?

6. What information is revealed about Tom's criticism of Queenie's relationship skills in Chapter 1?

7. For what transgression does Gina scold Queenie in Chapter 7?

8. What does the nurse at the sexual health clinic tell Queenie in Chapter 7 and what are his follow-up instructions?

9. What incident of racially-motivated mistreatment occurs in Chapter 8 and to whom does it happen?

10. How is the Christmas Eve depicted in Chapter 12 different than any of Queenie's past three Christmas Eves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What messages are being sent about racial tensions in the United Kingdom in the novel Queenie and what actions does Carty-Williams hope to provoke within the text’s audience?

Essay Topic 2

What messages does Carty-Williams send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Carty-Williams's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Queenie.

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