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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. Where does Audre find a job as an x-ray machine operator?
(a) Manchester Lighting.
(b) Keystone Electronics.
(c) Stamford Hospital.
(d) General Electric.

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

3. What is the name of the group of black lesbians Audre joins?
(a) The Together.
(b) Sistah Outsiders.
(c) The Slain.
(d) The Branded.

4. What ailment does Eudora suffer from?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Paralysis.
(d) Cerebral palsy.

5. What does Audre find that Muriel finds threatening about her after reading something she wrote?
(a) Her intelligence.
(b) Her work ethic.
(c) Her accomplishments.
(d) Her looks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Audre feel in her old home after leaving Stamford to visit her father?

2. Which of the following characteristics is not given to the character Muriel?

3. Who desegregates schools after McCarthy is censured?

4. What job does Audre find in Chapter 26?

5. What does Audre find that her old college friend is not interested in after they become romantically involved in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What causes Audre to drop out of college?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Audre describe Stamford, Connecticut when she first moves there?

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

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