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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the group of good kids in the author's elementary school class?
(a) Laurels.
(b) Blackbirds.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Brownies.

2. What does Audre have a deep need for even as a young child?
(a) Attention from her father.
(b) Love.
(c) Male acceptance.
(d) Female acceptance.

3. What does the author's first teacher discourage her from writing when she first begins school?
(a) Made up stories.
(b) Her last name.
(c) Her first name.
(d) Her alphabet.

4. In what year did the protagonist's parents immigrate to the United States?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1924.

5. What is the name that expresses how Carriacou women love one another in the book?
(a) Zami.
(b) Bali.
(c) Pamu.
(d) Tani.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Audre begin doing to her first playmate that she seems to enjoy?

3. What is the name of the author's first grade teacher?

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

5. What does Audre express a desire for in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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