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

2. What is the name of Audre's first playmate?
(a) Bea.
(b) Toni.
(c) Ada.
(d) Jill.

3. What does Audre say she had to learn about herself after the national tragedy in Chapter 7?
(a) Her blood type.
(b) Her race.
(c) Her full name.
(d) Her birthday.

4. What event does the author note as bringing much difficulty upon her family in Chapter 1?
(a) Pearl Harbor.
(b) The stock market crash.
(c) D Day.
(d) World War II.

5. What kind of unique consciousness does Audre attribute for her ability to be a focused writer?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Racial and sexual.
(c) Racial.
(d) Intellectual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the boy in the author's class who helps her fit in with the good kids?

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

3. What about her country does Audre say she felt alienated from in Chapter 10?

4. What job does an aptitude test suggest Audre have when she takes it in high school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Audre do when she plays with a little girl named Toni in the book?

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

3. How does Audre describe sharing a bed with her older sisters as a young girl?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is the beginning of Audre's desire for female companionship described in the book?

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

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