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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bride describe what she felt Booker when he dumped her?
(a) Annihilated.
(b) Dismembered.
(c) Erased.
(d) Replaced.

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

3. What kind of books did Sylvia Huxley’s family read?
(a) Only the classics.
(b) All kinds of books.
(c) Only the Bible.
(d) Only American literature.

4. What personal trait does Brooklyn claim to have, that justifies her feelings?
(a) The ability to work hard and get ahead.
(b) The ability to see what’s about to happen.
(c) The ability to see into people’s fears.
(d) The ability to see people’s vulnerabilities.

5. What caused Julie to try to kill herself?
(a) Guilt over what she had done.
(b) Being abused by a guard.
(c) Being attacked by other women.
(d) A fight she had had with Sylvia Huxley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tradition does Booker’s family keep up?

2. How does Sylvia Huxley say she felt when she was finally released?

3. What does Sylvia Huxley suspect her family feels about her imprisonment?

4. What does Sweetness say she taught Bride about white boys?

5. How does Booker describe the atmosphere in his family’s house after Adam’s funeral?

(see the answer key)

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