Zami: A New Spelling of My Name Quizzes

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name Quiz 1

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

Her ancestors

Her family

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

Jamaica

Dominican Republic

Cuba
3 What did Lorde's father do?
Real estate

Medicine

Law

Teaching
4 What did Linda love?
Cooking

Singing

Water

All of these
5 Lorde said she feels comfortable with
the contradictions

the extremes

the straight and narrows

the rational
6 Linda was all the following except
domineering

strong

private

pious
7 Who was influential in getting Lorde to want to read?
A librarian

Her mother

Helen

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

Sinners

Troublemakers

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

Blindness

A lame leg

Mono
10 Lorde owes her poetry to her mother's words and her mother's...
dreams and visions

ruminations of home

hidden angers

deepest thoughts
11 Who was Lorde's first playmate?
A girl she met on the playground

A girl she met outside her building

Her sisters

Alvin
12 As a child, Lorde always wanted a/an
older brother

cat

younger sister

younger brother
13 What did Helen teach Lorde?
The truth about racism

That she could tell stories

How to learn her numbers

Who she was as a person
14 What was the sisters' favorite pilgrimage place?
A comic book store

A toy store

An art supply store

A bookstore
15 What is Lorde's relationship with her sisters?
Not particularly close, but not too hostile

They wanted to be close to her but she refused

Hostile and estranged

Very close
16 What were mothers asked to do during WWII?
Donate goods

Get jobs

Watch the skies for enemies

Help with air raids
17 What neighborhood did Lorde live in with her family in her later youth?
Lower East Side

Washington Heights

Harlem

Greenwich Village
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 get the nuns to like her

To play sports

To win a writing contest

To be class president
20 How did Lorde's parents handle racism?
They confronted it head-on

They tried to pretend it didn't exist

They felt powerless themselves, but educated their daughters

They mourned it privately
21 Lorde's favorite memory with her father was
taking walks around the neighborhood

going to the comic book store

bringing him his lunch at the office

going to the park
22 Where did the family experience blatant racism?
Boston

Richmond

Baltimore

Washington, D.C.
23 What did the family want to do that they were refused?
Go to the beach

Use a bathroom

Ride a bus

Sit at an ice cream counter
24 What was Linda's cherished kitchen item?
A wooden spoon

A ceramic bowl

A mortar and pestle

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

Sore breasts

Not menstruating

A UTI

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