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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of unique consciousness does Audre attribute for her ability to be a focused writer?

2. What is the name of the school that Audre attends as the first black student?

3. What does Audre love to do in the kitchen with her mother?

4. How does Audre rock her first playmate?

5. What is the name that expresses how Carriacou women love one another in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Audre's first experience with segregation described in the book?

2. How is the beginning of Audre's desire for female companionship described in the book?

3. How does Audre describe her first menstruation in the book?

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

5. How is Gennie's relationship with her mother Louisa described in the book?

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

7. How does Audre describe sharing a bed with her older sisters as a young girl?

8. How is Gennie's death described in the book?

9. How are "The Branded" first described in the book?

10. How is Audre's abortion described in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The concept of heritage is something brought up in several capacities throughout the book.

1) How is the Grenadian heritage, namely the Carriacou culture examined in the book and what impact does it have on the author?

2) What lessons does Audre learn about the importance of heritage from her relationship with Eudora while in Mexico?

3) How does Audre reflect upon her own heritage in the book and how does she define it?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the importance that poetry and storytelling have in the book. How does the author use these devices as an outlet to express her own frustrations and desires about her social surroundings and humanity in general?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the concept of change that is presented in the book through the portrayal of various historical, political, and social situations. How does the author document the literal changes she found in these areas in the United States alongside the figurative changes in her own life?

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