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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. How does Audre feel after first moving to Stamford?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Happy.
(c) Empowered.
(d) Excited.

2. Where does Audre begin attending meetings at in Chapter 16?
(a) The New York Mathematicians.
(b) The Harlem Writers Guild.
(c) The Bronx Black Society.
(d) Alcoholics Anonymous.

3. Which of the following characteristics is not given to the character Muriel?
(a) Black.
(b) Italian.
(c) White.
(d) Schizophrenic.

4. What kind of business does Eudora own?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A bar.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A candle shop.

5. What is the name of Audre's only black friend out of her lesbian group in New York?
(a) Felicia.
(b) Ginger.
(c) Diane.
(d) Karen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What college was Eudora the first woman to attend?

2. What is the name of Eudora's old lover whom she owns a business with?

3. What year is it in Chapter 27?

4. What is the name of the woman who Ginger begins spending time with in Chapter 19?

5. What does the woman who lives with Audre and Muriel do before leaving their home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Audre's relationship with Muriel first described in the book?

2. How is Audre's relationship with Bea described in the book?

3. What is the nature of the piece of writing of Muriel's that Audre finds in Chapter 28?

4. Why does Audre express frustration regarding white feminists in Chapter 23?

5. How is Audre's near-rape described in Chapter 23?

6. How is Audre's peak in her lesbianism described after she drops out of college?

7. What causes Audre to drop out of college?

8. How is Audre's involvement in the Committee to Free the Rosenbergs described?

9. How is Audre's work as an X-ray technician described in the book?

10. What does Audre do after finding out her father had a stroke?

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