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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 primary emotion does Queenie experience in relation to Cassandra's new romance?

2. Which two characters who throw a party in Chapter 3 refer to themselves as "couple goals" (44)?

3. Whose presence at the hospital is meant to be calming, but turns out to be anxiety-inducing?

4. In what type of location does Queenie have sex with Adi in Chapter 3?

5. Who comforts Queenie in Chapter 6 when she wakes up screaming about a nightmare?

Short Essay Questions

1. Provide a detail from Chapter 2 suggesting that Queenie relies too much on others' approval.

2. What response does Queenie receive in answer to her text to Tom in Chapter 9?

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

4. What promise does Queenie make to herself at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What does Tom's shirt symbolize in Chapter 4?

6. Which objects does Queenie mention as ones that she intends to carry with her throughout her life?

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

8. Who is Kyazike?

9. What new definition of courage does Sylvie provide at the end of Chapter 12 and for what purpose?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how and why Carty-Williams instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Queenie.

Essay Topic 2

What is the central purpose of the work Queenie? What response do you think Carty-Williams wants from the text’s audience? How does each character support Carty-Williams’s purpose?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Queenie and analyze Carty-Williams’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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