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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Audre particularly enamored by as a child?
(a) Having friends.
(b) Being alone.
(c) Making up stories.
(d) Having pets.

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

3. What does Audre say her mother hates to cook but that she enjoyed?
(a) Souse.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Chicken soup.
(d) Gumbo.

4. What city does Audre describe the layout of in Chapter 6?
(a) Harlem.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Manhattan.

5. Whom does Audre share a bed with growing up?
(a) Her sisters.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her mother.

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

7. What does Audre help take care of for her father when she works with him as a young girl?
(a) His receipts.
(b) His inventory.
(c) His money.
(d) His books.

8. What is the name of the school that Audre attends as the first black student?
(a) St. Catherine's School.
(b) St. Patrick of Hope.
(c) St. Ignatius.
(d) St. Mary's Episcopal.

9. What kind of songs does the protagonist's mother sing to her as a child?
(a) Folk.
(b) Irish.
(c) Grenadian.
(d) African.

10. What about her country does Audre say she felt alienated from in Chapter 10?
(a) Political institutions and history.
(b) Educational systems.
(c) Politics.
(d) Society.

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

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

13. What tragedy occurs at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) World War I.
(b) D Day.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) Pearl Harbor.

14. What job does an aptitude test suggest Audre have when she takes it in high school?
(a) A dental technician.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A construction worker.

15. How does Audre's mother react when she finds she is complaining about her at her high school?
(a) Devastated.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Audre say that she and Gennie never shared together in Chapter 14?

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

3. How many sisters does Audre have?

4. Which of Audre's friends in The Branded attempts suicide several times?

5. What is the name of Audre's first love?

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