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

2. What does Audre say that she and Gennie never shared together in Chapter 14?
(a) A kiss.
(b) Conversation.
(c) Making love.
(d) Cuddling.

3. What office does Audre run for in her middle school?
(a) Class president.
(b) Class secretary.
(c) Class treasurer.
(d) Class vice president.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Audre complain to about her mother at her high school?

3. What is the relationship between Gennie and Louisa in the book?

4. What is Audre particularly enamored by as a child?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Audre initially react to the tragedy of Pearl Harbor?

4. How does Audre describe her view of her mother when she was a young child in Harlem?

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

6. How is Audre's consciousness of what race means first described in the book?

7. What role does Audre's love for making up stories have in her becoming a writer?

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

9. Why is Audre jealous of her older sisters while growing up?

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

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