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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22 - 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Gennie and Louisa in the book?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Friends.
(d) Mother and daughter.

2. What does Audre do when she finds out she is pregnant?
(a) Tries to kill herself.
(b) Tries to get an abortion.
(c) Looks for an adoption agency.
(d) Gets a doctor to look at it.

3. What social cause does Audre discuss her involvement in, in Chapter 20?
(a) Committee to Free the Rosenbergs.
(b) Communism.
(c) Protests against the war.
(d) McCarthyism.

4. What is the name of Audre's boss whom she rebels against in Chapter 24?
(a) Mrs. Goodrich.
(b) Mrs. Smith.
(c) Mrs. Jones.
(d) Mrs. White.

5. What is the name the author and her family are called due to their light black skin?
(a) Irish tone.
(b) Redbone.
(c) Lighters.
(d) Sandman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is the woman whom Audre finds to help her with her pregnancy?

2. Whom does Audre share a bed with growing up?

3. How does Audre feel after Gennie dies?

4. Which of the following women is not mentioned as being part of Audre's group of friends in Chapter 23?

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

(see the answer key)

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