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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bride describe the atmosphere in her mother’s house?

2. What does Booker reproach himself with?

3. What was Adam doing the last time Booker saw him?

4. Who does Bride say Booker must have been talking about, in his writing?

5. How does Booker describe his family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Queen give Booker after Adam’s funeral?

2. What precipitates Booker’s departure from his family home?

3. How do Steven and Evelyn describe finding Rain?

4. What alarming discovery does Bride make in the restroom on her way to Whiskey, CA?

5. How does the narrator describe Booker’s relationship with Adam?

6. How did Booker end up studying economics?

7. What do Bride and Booker do when Bride wakes up?

8. What common thread does the narrator say Bride sees in Booker dumping her and in Sylvia Huxley beating her?

9. What books does Booker read while Bride is at work?

10. How does Booker’s life get turned around from despair back toward hope?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you rewrite God Help the Child, if you were to adapt it and make it your own? What part of the book would you preserve? What part would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of God Help the Child. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

Based on everything that has happened to Bride and Booker, what do you think the chances are, that their child lives a happy, safe life? Did the cycle of abuse end with Bride and Booker? How do you think the dynamics that affected Bride and Booker will affect their child?

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