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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 history does Eudora teach Audre about?
2. What is the relationship between Ginger and Cora in the book?
3. Complete the following sentence in the book, "To be black, female, gay, and out of the closet in a white environment was considered by many black lesbians to be simply ________."
4. Whose ex-boyfriend is a man named Art?
5. Which of the following women is not mentioned as being part of Audre's group of friends in Chapter 23?
Short Essay Questions
1. What causes Audre to drop out of college?
2. How is the Interlude: The Last of My Childhood Nightmares described in the book?
3. What does Audre do after finding out her father had a stroke?
4. How is Audre's peak in her lesbianism described after she drops out of college?
5. How is Muriel's affair with Toni described in the book?
6. How is Audre's mental state described after she moves to Stamford?
7. What happens to Muriel to cause her split with Audre in the book?
8. How are the "closed-shop" laws described in the book?
9. How does Audre react to her new scenery after moving to Mexico?
10. How is Audre's relationship with Eudora first described in the book?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Audre's first lesbian relationship with Gennie to her most serious lesbian relationship with Muriel. What can we learn about the evolution of Audre's sexuality based on the comparison of her relationship with these two women?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the portrayal of education in the book and the impact it had on Audre's life. How did Audre's views towards education evolve throughout the book and what outside influences were responsible for this path?
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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