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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the literary device Toni Morrison is employing when Bride says that “Lula Ann Bridewell…was never a woman”?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Characterization.
(d) Allusion.

3. What is Bride’s relationship with You, Girl?
(a) She created it for Sylvia Inc.
(b) She works for it.
(c) She manages it for Brooklyn.
(d) She developed it all by herself.

4. What standard does Bride say she holds her relationship with Booker to?
(a) Old-time silent films.
(b) Romance novels.
(c) Adventure films.
(d) Glossy magazine spreads.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn’t Bride call the police?

2. Why does Sweetness rejoice in Bride’s accomplishment, in accusing Sylvia Huxley of abuse?

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

4. How does Bride treat her pain?

5. When does Bride say that her ‘melting away’ starts?

(see the answer key)

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