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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Bride start her working career?
(a) On the sales floor.
(b) In the stock room.
(c) In the business office.
(d) In the delivery truck.

2. How does Sweetness feel about her daughter’s skin color?
(a) She is appalled.
(b) She is sympathetic.
(c) She is enamored.
(d) It makes her fiercely protective.

3. Where does Sylvia Huxley find her next job?
(a) A nursing home.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A funeral home.

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

5. How does Sylvia Huxley say she avoided the attention of predatory women in prison?
(a) Her surliness.
(b) Her faith.
(c) Her size and strength.
(d) Her unattractive scars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of Americans does Sweetness think have African blood

2. What does Sylvia Huxley say she did after Bride’s visit?

3. What does Sylvia Huxley say her status was, in the prison?

4. How does Bride respond when Booker tells her that she is not the woman he wants?

5. How does Sweetness describe the upbringing Lula Ann received from her?

(see the answer key)

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