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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bride describe herself after the beating?
(a) As a broken-winged bird.
(b) As a fish out of water.
(c) As a throbbing nerve of pain.
(d) As a whipped puppy.

2. How does Bride say Booker typically referred to her?
(a) As ‘baby.’
(b) As ‘Bride.’
(c) As ‘wench.’
(d) As ‘woman.’

3. How does Bride respond when Booker tells her that she is not the woman he wants?
(a) She says ‘then you don’t get me.’
(b) She says ‘why do you treat me like that?’
(c) She says ‘but you said you wanted me yesterday.’
(d) She says ‘neither am I.’

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

5. What did Sweetness nearly do to Lula Ann?
(a) Leave her on the church steps.
(b) Stifle her with a blanket.
(c) Give her up for adoption.
(d) Drown her in the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bride refer to Sylvia Huxley before she visits her?

2. How does Sweetness feel about her daughter’s skin color?

3. What is the weather like, the day after Booker leaves?

4. What does Bride say she wants to do to help her healing?

5. What does Bride compare her sex life to?

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