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

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

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

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

5. Which of Audre's friends in The Branded attempts suicide several times?
(a) Gennie.
(b) Ginger.
(c) Bea.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Audre rock her first playmate?

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

3. Who is against Audre running for office in her middle school?

4. How does Audre describe her relationship with her family when she is in high school?

5. What does Audre say her sisters are to her while they are growing up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a boy named Alvin help Audre succeed in her first grade class?

2. How are "The Branded" first described in the book?

3. How are the Carriacou women first described in the book?

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

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

6. How is Audre's first experience with segregation described in the book?

7. How is Gennie's relationship with her mother Louisa described in the book?

8. How is Audre's poetry writing described when she first joins The Branded?

9. How does Audre describe her time spent working with her father in Chapter 9?

10. What does Audre's mother believe is happening to Gennie to cause her to commit suicide?

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