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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name that expresses how Carriacou women love one another in the book?
(a) Pamu.
(b) Tani.
(c) Bali.
(d) Zami.

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

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

5. What does Audre believe led to her becoming a writer?
(a) Her Harlem neighborhood.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Making up her own stories.
(d) Her heritage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What subjects did Audre learn well in elementary school that help her in her next school?

3. What does Audre's mother do on election days when Audre is young?

4. What is the name of the author's first grade teacher?

5. What is the name of the lecherous man who Audre talks about who works at her school in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the meaning of Zami first described in the book?

2. How are Audre's actions to be prepared after Pearl Harbor described in the book?

3. How does Audre describe being raped on a rooftop when she was 10-years-old?

4. How is Audre's work ethic at St. Catherine's described in regards to her schoolwork?

5. How is Audre's abortion described in the book?

6. How does Audre describe her first menstruation in the book?

7. How does Audre react to Gennie's death in the book?

8. How is Audre's relationship with Peter described in the book?

9. What is the nature of the results of the aptitude test Audre takes in high school?

10. How is Gennie's death described in the book?

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