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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 she realized about herself after dropping out of college?
(a) Her lesbianism.
(b) Her high intelligence.
(c) Her passion for writing.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

2. What is the name of Eudora's old lover whom she owns a business with?
(a) Kitty.
(b) Karen.
(c) Frieda.
(d) Bea.

3. Whom does Audre spend too much time with that leads to her failing subjects in college?
(a) The Branded.
(b) Her parents.
(c) The writer's guild members.
(d) Peter.

4. What is the name of Audre's straight friend whom she admits her affair with Muriel to?
(a) Rhea.
(b) Karen.
(c) Diane.
(d) Felicia.

5. How does Audre feel after hearing Muriel and her old friend making love one night?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Happy.
(c) Excited.
(d) Devastated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Audre say her flirtations must be as a part of the New York lesbian scene?

2. What does Audre have trouble finding in Chapter 28?

3. Who desegregates schools after McCarthy is censured?

4. How does Audre feel after first moving to Stamford?

5. What does Audre burn her hand on after her relationship with Muriel begins falling apart?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Audre react to her new scenery after moving to Mexico?

3. How is the Interlude: The Last of My Childhood Nightmares described in the book?

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

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

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 the city of Cuernavaca described in the book when Audre moves there?

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

10. How are the "closed-shop" laws described in the book?

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