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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 is the name of Audre's old friend she runs into and whom Muriel likes?

2. What is the name of the group of black lesbians Audre joins?

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

4. Which of the following qualities does Audre not say she struggles to have accepted by American society?

5. What job does Audre find in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Audre to drop out of college?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How is the city of Cuernavaca described in the book when Audre moves there?

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

9. How is Audre's mental state described after she moves to Stamford?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Audre's reaction to sex with men versus women. What impact might Audre's being raped and molested several times has had on her views towards men? What other factors are present to explain her preference of women in a sexual sense?

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

The mother-daughter relationship is something that helps carry the story from beginning to end and has perhaps the biggest impact on the author's life.

1) What can we learn about the impact Audre's relationship with her mother had based on her portrayal of her childhood experiences with her mother?

2) What circumstances led to Audre's estrangement from her mother as she grew older? What might the author wish for this progression to represent in terms of character development?

3) What deductions can be made about the author's final opinions of the mother-daughter relationship based on her belief that her desires to be with women came from her mother's blood?

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