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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 does Audre say her flirtations must be as a part of the New York lesbian scene?
(a) Obscene.
(b) Subtle.
(c) Overt.
(d) Aggressive.

2. What is the name of Audre's old friend she runs into and whom Muriel likes?
(a) Jill.
(b) Diane.
(c) Rhea.
(d) Karen.

3. What does Audre discuss the rise of in Chapter 17?
(a) McCarthyism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Fascism.

4. What social cause does Audre discuss her involvement in, in Chapter 20?
(a) McCarthyism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Protests against the war.
(d) Committee to Free the Rosenbergs.

5. How does Audre describe her grief over losing Muriel?
(a) Uncontrollable.
(b) Intolerable.
(c) Wild.
(d) Small.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the second interlude in the book?

2. What is the name of Audre's boss whom she rebels against in Chapter 24?

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

4. What kind of friends does Audre say told her that her blackness made her partly invisible?

5. What pressure does Audre accredit for why her relationship with Ginger couldn't last?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Audre's friend Lynn cause problems between her and Muriel when she moves in with them?

2. What political advancements lead to Audre moving back to the U.S. from Mexico?

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

4. How is the character Eudora first described in the book?

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

6. How is Audre's first time making love with Ginger described in the book?

7. How is the New York lesbian scene described in Chapter 29?

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

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

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

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