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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sylvia Huxley say she got from her family while she was in prison?
(a) Bibles.
(b) Money and clothes.
(c) Long letters with family news.
(d) Care packages, but no letters.

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

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 feeling does Bride get from using Booker’s shaving brush?
(a) Power.
(b) Satisfaction.
(c) Arousal.
(d) Control.

5. Why does Sweetness say she had to be hard on Bride?
(a) To save her soul.
(b) To protect her.
(c) To domesticate her.
(d) To guide her spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Bride remember Jeri giving her about make up?

2. What did Sweetness nearly do to Lula Ann?

3. What does Bride say she did not know about Booker?

4. What does Bride say she would do, to get her mother to touch her?

5. What does Bride say is the one flaw with Booker’s looks?

(see the answer key)

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