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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Audre say she loves making the dish her mother hates?
(a) She likes pounding garlic.
(b) The smell is nice.
(c) She likes pounding meat.
(d) It takes patience.

5. What is the name of the boy in the author's class who helps her fit in with the good kids?
(a) Paul.
(b) Alvin.
(c) Peter.
(d) Jim.

6. What is the name of the island filled with women that the author focuses on in Chapter 1?
(a) Zami.
(b) Barbuda.
(c) Carriacou.
(d) Mali.

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

8. How does Audre feel after Gennie dies?
(a) She is indifferent.
(b) She is in denial.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She is crushed.

9. What is Audre afraid is wrong with her after she finds help with her pregnancy?
(a) That she will lose her boyfriend.
(b) That she will lose the baby.
(c) That she will die.
(d) That she is hemorrhaging.

10. Whom does Audre's mother believe is molesting Gennie?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her cousin.

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

12. Who is against Audre running for office in her middle school?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her teacher.

13. What does Audre express a desire for in Chapter 4?
(a) A girlfriend.
(b) A little sister.
(c) A new mother.
(d) A boyfriend.

14. What disability is the protagonist born with?
(a) Deafness.
(b) One arm.
(c) No fingers.
(d) Near blindness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of positions does the author begin taking in life starting in Chapter 2?

2. How long does Audre say her first encounter with her first playmate lasted?

3. How old is Audre when she is raped on a rooftop?

4. How does Gennie die in the book?

5. What is the name of the group of good kids in the author's elementary school class?

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