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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. Which member of Tom's family makes a racist joke directed toward Queenie in the Christmastime flashback in Chapter 10?

2. Chapter 10 features a flashback to which Christmas Queenie spent with Tom's family?

3. How many people on earth, including Queenie herself, are allowed to touch Queenie's hair?

4. In what type of hospital unit does the novel Queenie first begin?

5. When Queenie wakes up to find Tom in their apartment, he tells her that they have to break up because of what reason?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Diana?

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Kyazike?

8. How does Queenie come to own an OKCupid profile in Chapter 3?

9. With whom does Queenie go home in Chapter 6 and how does the encounter make her feel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Carty-Williams from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of family within the text Queenie. What types of family relationships are represented and how does Carty-Williams use their variety to inform many of the work's themes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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