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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occupation is the man who first molests Audre in the book?
(a) A comic book storeowner.
(b) A waiter.
(c) A cook.
(d) A teacher.

2. What kitchen tool to use of her mother's does Audre love?
(a) The knife.
(b) The whisk.
(c) A wooden spoon.
(d) The mortar.

3. What kind of prayers does Audre say for those who died in the tragedy in Chapter 7?
(a) Guardian prayers.
(b) Angel prayers.
(c) Hail Marys.
(d) Prayers of scripture.

4. How does Audre feel when she loses the position that she ran for in middle school?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Content.
(c) Devastated.
(d) Happy.

5. What does Audre love to do in the kitchen with her mother?
(a) Pound spices.
(b) Chop herbs.
(c) Bake bread.
(d) Butcher meat.

6. Who has to take Audre on her class trip after she is made to stay in a different hotel from the other kids'?
(a) Her teacher.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Her principal.

7. Whom does Audre complain to about her mother at her high school?
(a) A school counselor.
(b) Her principal.
(c) A teacher.
(d) Her cousin.

8. How does Audre describe her relationship with her family when she is in high school?
(a) Content.
(b) Happy.
(c) Tense.
(d) Full of abuse.

9. What month does Gennie come to Audre's house very upset?
(a) March.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) September.

10. What subjects did Audre learn well in elementary school that help her in her next school?
(a) Math and reading.
(b) Reading and Writing.
(c) History and math.
(d) Science and math.

11. What word does Audre learn the meaning of at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Black.
(b) Redbone.
(c) War.
(d) Colored.

12. What is the name of Audre's group of friends who are outcasts in high school?
(a) Sistah Outsiders.
(b) The Branded.
(c) The Stained.
(d) The Slashed.

13. How old is Audre when she meets her first playmate?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

14. What does Audre's mother do on election days when Audre is young?
(a) She works at the voting booths.
(b) She keeps a drink stand.
(c) She keeps a food stand.
(d) She protests outside.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the book's protagonist?

2. What color coat does Audre's first playmate wear?

3. What city does Audre describe the layout of in Chapter 6?

4. What event does the author note as bringing much difficulty upon her family in Chapter 1?

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

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