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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Sweetness get at the end of the book?
(a) Bride forgives her for being aloof as a parent.
(b) Bride is going to have a baby.
(c) Bride and Booker are getting married.
(d) Queen has died.

2. Who does Bride say Booker must have been talking about, in his writing?
(a) Her.
(b) Himself.
(c) Adam.
(d) Queen.

3. Why did Rain leave her mother’s house?
(a) Because there was never anything to eat there.
(b) Because her mother was never home.
(c) Because her mother’s clients were sexually abusing her.
(d) Because her mother beat her.

4. What kind of shop does Mr. Ponti run?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) An antique shop.
(c) A jewelry store.
(d) A pawn shop.

5. What is Bride alarmed by when she stops for food on the way to Whiskey?
(a) She has lost her wallet.
(b) She is too small for her clothes.
(c) She is lost.
(d) Her breasts have disappeared.

6. How does Queen explain the effect Adam’s death had on Booker’s life?
(a) She says that Booker’s parents gave him too much to grieve, and it warped him.
(b) She says that Booker had always been afraid to live, but Adam’s death gave him the excuse to retreat from life.
(c) She says that Adam’s death became Booker’s life.
(d) She says that Booker internalized injustice when Adam died.

7. What trait of her mother’s does Sylvia Huxley say helped her in prison?
(a) Her affection.
(b) Her religiousness.
(c) Her routines.
(d) Her discipline.

8. How does Bride say Steve and Evelyn treated her?
(a) Like a stray cat.
(b) Like a burden and nuisance.
(c) Like visiting royalty.
(d) Like a lost traveler.

9. What color wallpaper does this news from home make Sylvia Huxley think of?
(a) Cream-colored.
(b) Floral yellow.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) Pink.

10. What are Steve and Evelyn and Rain’s beds made of?
(a) One of plastic, one of bundled paper.
(b) One of rope, one of iron.
(c) One of steel, one of wood.
(d) One of boxes, one of cotton batting.

11. What kind of people are Steve and Evelyn?
(a) Vagrants.
(b) Hippies.
(c) Coal miners.
(d) Loggers.

12. Bride says that Booker doesn’t have to love her but he does have to do what?
(a) Be her friend.
(b) Answer her.
(c) Respect her.
(d) Give her her adult body back.

13. How does the narrator compare the small town of Whiskey to?
(a) Dirt.
(b) A bus station.
(c) A cardboard box.
(d) Tinsel.

14. How does Bride say Booker made her feel?
(a) Tempestuous.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Loved.
(d) Colonized.

15. Where does Booker go after beating the man up?
(a) To his parents’ house.
(b) To the police.
(c) To class.
(d) To his girlfriend’s house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Booker say is the connection between his leaving and his brother’s death?

2. How would you characterize Booker’s writing?

3. How does Booker describe the wall covered in photos in Queens house?

4. When does Bride discover that her breasts have been erased?

5. What does Queen accuse Booker of doing, in regard to Adam?

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