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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. When Queenie gets home from seeing Tom and passes out, whom does she call when she wakes up?
2. How many signs and placards do Queenie and Kyazike carry between them in Chapter 16?
3. To whom does Queenie say that Roy "made sure that any self-esteem [she] had was crushed into nothing" (233)?
4. In what type of location does Chapter 17 open?
5. Queenie recalls in Chapter 24 that Sylvie had dressed the two of them in identical outfits until Queenie was how many years old?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Jacob?
2. Discuss the significance of Gina's use of the words "radical" and "palatable" (190) in relation to Queenie's request to write an article in Chapter 16.
3. For what reason is Queenie suspended from her job in Chapter 21?
4. In what way do the themes of oppression and brutality become intertwined in Chapter 21?
5. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Cassandra is cruel, selfish, and self-deluding.
6. How does Queenie find out that Cassandra has been seeing Guy?
7. What is the significance of the phrase, "We are enough" (16) as it is portrayed in Chapter 16?
8. How does Queenie come to attend a number of sessions with Janet, despite her initial feelings?
9. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Queenie has a passion for music.
10. How does the theme of regret arise within Chapter 13?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Carty-Williams's message regarding the difference between awareness and activism and how does Carty-Williams get this message across to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Queenie and one of the novel's main messages. How does Carty-Williams make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
In what way does Carty-Williams go about breaking the text into parts and how do these structural elements help to advance the text’s arguments?
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