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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the high school Audre attends?
(a) St. Mary's of Hope.
(b) Hunter College High School.
(c) St. Catherine's School.
(d) Baker High School.

4. What does Audre begin doing to her first playmate that she seems to enjoy?
(a) Hit her.
(b) Undresses her.
(c) Puts makeup on her.
(d) Brushes her hair.

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

6. What does Audre have her first experience with during her first class trip?
(a) Love.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Death.

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

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

9. At what age does Audre begin her first period?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

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

11. What areas did Audre score well on in the aptitude test she took in high school?
(a) Math.
(b) Science and manual dexterity.
(c) Math and science.
(d) Reading and math.

12. How old is Audre when she is raped on a rooftop?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

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

14. How does Audre rock her first playmate?
(a) Like a dog.
(b) Like a fish.
(c) Like a bird.
(d) Like a doll.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disability is the protagonist born with?

2. What word does Audre learn the meaning of at the beginning of Chapter 8?

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

4. What tragedy occurs at the beginning of Chapter 7?

5. What does Audre believe led to her becoming a writer?

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