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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brooklyn say Bride does not know about her ex-boyfriend Booker?
(a) That she tried to seduce him.
(b) That she had been having an affair with him.
(c) That she had known him as a ladies man in college.
(d) That he tried to seduce him.

2. What does Sweetness say her skin color is?
(a) Blue-black dark.
(b) White.
(c) High yellow.
(d) Moderately dark.

3. Where do Sylvia Huxley and Julie work at the prison?
(a) The grounds keeping crew.
(b) The sewing shop.
(c) The physical plant.
(d) The cafeteria.

4. What part of Bride’s appearance does Sweetness say she had a difficult time taming?
(a) Her gangly limbs.
(b) Her breasts.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her clothes that were filth from outdoor play.

5. What does Bride say she did not know about Booker?
(a) Where he went at night.
(b) Where he came from.
(c) Who else he was sleeping with.
(d) What he did for work.

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

7. How does Brooklyn wear her hair?
(a) Blond dreadlocks.
(b) Short and chic.
(c) Buzz cut.
(d) Long and sumptuous.

8. How does Booker describe Bride’s skin color?
(a) Chocolate soufflé
(b) Chocolate syrup.
(c) Oreo.
(d) Licorice.

9. What did Sweetness try to prepare Bride to live with, by being hard on her?
(a) Her dark skin.
(b) Gossip.
(c) The lusts of men.
(d) Original sin.

10. What does Bride say is the one flaw with Booker’s looks?
(a) His baldness.
(b) His paunch.
(c) The scar on his shoulder.
(d) His limp.

11. How does Bride describe herself after the beating?
(a) As a whipped puppy.
(b) As a throbbing nerve of pain.
(c) As a broken-winged bird.
(d) As a fish out of water.

12. What color is Lula Ann’s skin?
(a) Moderately dark.
(b) Blue-black dark.
(c) High yellow.
(d) White.

13. What trait does Bride say her boyfriends did not have?
(a) Faith.
(b) Generosity.
(c) Affection.
(d) Integrity.

14. What does Bride compare her sex life to?
(a) Diet Coke.
(b) Oreos.
(c) Clorox.
(d) Snickers.

15. What made Sylvia Huxley’ previous jail worse than Decagon?
(a) The constant noise.
(b) Constant strip searches.
(c) The food.
(d) The prisoner-guard drama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bride compare Sylvia Huxley to?

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

3. Why doesn’t Bride call the police?

4. How does Sylvia Huxley describe life at Decagon?

5. What does Bride remember as the most important part of her testimony against Sylvia Huxley?

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