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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 28 - 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Audre say her sisters are to her while they are growing up?
(a) Loving.
(b) Distant.
(c) Close.
(d) Hateful.

2. What does Audre say that black females faced every day that white lesbians did not?
(a) Love.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Pride.

3. What kind of religion is the protagonist brought up in?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Baptist.

4. Complete the following sentence in the book, "To be black, female, gay, and out of the closet in a white environment was considered by many black lesbians to be simply ________."
(a) Impressive.
(b) Suicidal.
(c) Insane.
(d) Crazy.

5. What does Audre's family find at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) A new home.
(b) A new car.
(c) A new baby.
(d) A pet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Audre's sisters wait until she goes to sleep to do at night?

2. What is Audre particularly enamored by as a child?

3. What year is it in Chapter 27?

4. What does the author's first teacher discourage her from writing when she first begins school?

5. What is the name the author and her family are called due to their light black skin?

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