Zami: A New Spelling of My Name Quizzes

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Last reviewed June 24, 2021

1 Who has left the most impact on Lorde in her life?

Her father

Women

Her ancestors

Her family
2 Where was Lorde's maternal family from?

Cuba

Grenada

Dominican Republic

Jamaica
3 What did Lorde's father do?

Medicine

Teaching

Law

Real estate
4 What did Linda love?

Cooking

Water

Singing

All of these
5 Lorde said she feels comfortable with

the straight and narrows

the contradictions

the rational

the extremes
6 Linda was all the following except

private

domineering

pious

strong
7 Who was influential in getting Lorde to want to read?

A friend at school

Her mother

Helen

A librarian
8 The "bad" kids at the Catholic school were called the

Sinners

Brownies

Troublemakers

Fairies
9 What affliction did Lorde have when she was a kid?

Mono

Scoliosis

A lame leg

Blindness
10 Lorde owes her poetry to her mother's words and her mother's...

dreams and visions

hidden angers

ruminations of home

deepest thoughts
11 Who was Lorde's first playmate?

A girl she met outside her building

Her sisters

Alvin

A girl she met on the playground
12 As a child, Lorde always wanted a/an

older brother

cat

younger sister

younger brother
13 What did Helen teach Lorde?

That she could tell stories

How to learn her numbers

The truth about racism

Who she was as a person
14 What was the sisters' favorite pilgrimage place?

A toy store

A comic book store

A bookstore

An art supply store
15 What is Lorde's relationship with her sisters?

They wanted to be close to her but she refused

Not particularly close, but not too hostile

Very close

Hostile and estranged
16 What were mothers asked to do during WWII?

Watch the skies for enemies

Help with air raids

Get jobs

Donate goods
17 What neighborhood did Lorde live in with her family in her later youth?

Lower East Side

Washington Heights

Greenwich Village

Harlem
18 In school, Lorde was

treated badly because of her race

the smartest kid

not popular

all of these
19 What did Lorde want when she was in 6th grade?

To play sports

To win a writing contest

To be class president

To get the nuns to like her
20 How did Lorde's parents handle racism?

They mourned it privately

They confronted it head-on

They felt powerless themselves, but educated their daughters

They tried to pretend it didn't exist
21 Lorde's favorite memory with her father was

taking walks around the neighborhood

going to the park

bringing him his lunch at the office

going to the comic book store
22 Where did the family experience blatant racism?

Boston

Baltimore

Washington, D.C.

Richmond
23 What did the family want to do that they were refused?

Go to the beach

Sit at an ice cream counter

Use a bathroom

Ride a bus
24 What was Linda's cherished kitchen item?

A ceramic bowl

A mortar and pestle

A wooden spoon

A cast-iron skillet
25 What was Lorde's supposed health issue when she was a young teen?

Not menstruating

Sore breasts

A UTI

An STD

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