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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Sylvia Huxley get from her father?
(a) That her mother died.
(b) That she is an aunt.
(c) That her siblings have married.
(d) That he and her mother have moved.

2. Where does Bride say she wants to go, to escape from her life?
(a) Anywhere.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Whiskey, CA.
(d) New York.

3. Why does Sweetness rejoice in Bride’s accomplishment, in accusing Sylvia Huxley of abuse?
(a) Because a little black girl took down a white woman.
(b) Because it helped Bride live with what she had seen.
(c) Because she kept a corrupt woman from get away with her behavior.
(d) Because it soothed her memories of her own abuse.

4. What does Bride remember as the most important part of her testimony against Sylvia Huxley?
(a) Sylvia Huxley’s loud protestations of innocence.
(b) The other children’s sobbing.
(c) Her mother held her hand afterward.
(d) The jury’s whispers of concern.

5. What does Sylvia Huxley say was the only pleasure she had ever had?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Moving away from home.
(c) Beating up Bride.
(d) Praying in church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sylvia Huxley say her status was, in the prison?

2. What are Steve and Evelyn and Rain’s beds made of?

3. What does Rain prefer to be called?

4. How does Bride say she felt while she was waiting for help?

5. What did Booker tell Bride about that caused her to fall asleep?

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