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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 job does Audre get just after graduating from high school?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A library clerk.
(c) A nurse's aide.
(d) A cook.

2. What kitchen tool to use of her mother's does Audre love?
(a) The knife.
(b) A wooden spoon.
(c) The mortar.
(d) The whisk.

3. How does working with her father make Audre feel?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Excited.
(d) Resentful.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the librarian who helps the protagonist learn to read?

2. What kind of prayers does Audre say for those who died in the tragedy in Chapter 7?

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

4. What does Audre love to do in the kitchen with her mother?

5. What does Audre's family find at the end of Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Audre learn to read before going to school?

3. How does Audre describe her introduction to cooking in the book?

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

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

6. How does the author describe her parents' relationship for the first time in the book?

7. What does Audre do after being molested by a comic book storeowner?

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

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

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

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