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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 an aptitude test suggest Audre have when she takes it in high school?
(a) A construction worker.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A dental technician.
(d) A doctor.

2. What does Audre's family find at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) A pet.
(b) A new home.
(c) A new car.
(d) A new baby.

3. In what year did the protagonist's parents immigrate to the United States?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1935.

4. What is the name the author and her family are called due to their light black skin?
(a) Lighters.
(b) Sandman.
(c) Redbone.
(d) Irish tone.

5. What about her country does Audre say she felt alienated from in Chapter 10?
(a) Politics.
(b) Political institutions and history.
(c) Society.
(d) Educational systems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Audre say that she and Gennie never shared together in Chapter 14?

2. What is the name of Audre's first love?

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

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

5. What does Audre say she had to learn about herself after the national tragedy in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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