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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 one of the women Audre saw as a candidate to have her first lesbian affair with?

2. What is the program that Muriel enlists in a hospital meant to help cure?

3. At what age had Audre's friend Ginger been married?

4. What is the name of Audre's only black friend out of her lesbian group in New York?

5. What is the formal name of Audre's friend Ginger?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Audre describe her job at the New York Public Library?

2. How is Audre's peak in her lesbianism described after she drops out of college?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the concept of alienation that is portrayed in the book. What impact does Audre's alienation from much of her surroundings have on the way she views the world? Does she appear to have overcome her alienation, at least to some degree, by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the portrayal of women in the book. What lessons of empowerment is the author offering to women in this book? What does she hope for others to learn from this book regarding the diverse nature of women?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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