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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 leads Bride to Mr. Ponti?
(a) A phone call from Ponti’s store.
(b) A bill for Booker.
(c) A tip from Brooklyn.
(d) A visit from Booker’s friend.

2. What does Bride say Booker was using her for?
(a) Money and sex.
(b) Money and emotional support.
(c) Shelter and understanding.
(d) Legal bills and protection.

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

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

5. What did Booker tell Bride about that caused her to fall asleep?
(a) The history of race in America.
(b) The history of money in America.
(c) The history of land rights in California.
(d) The history of water in California.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bride say Booker typically referred to her?

2. What is the name of the literary device Toni Morrison is employing when Bride says that “Lula Ann Bridewell…was never a woman”?

3. When does Bride notice that her pubic hair is gone?

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

5. What was Sylvia Huxley’s profession before she was imprisoned?

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