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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 does Sylvia Huxley say was her first job after parole?
(a) Janitor.
(b) Home care aide.
(c) Office assistant.
(d) Carpenter.

2. How does Bride say Steve and Evelyn treated her?
(a) Like a lost traveler.
(b) Like visiting royalty.
(c) Like a burden and nuisance.
(d) Like a stray cat.

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

4. How does Bride refer to Sylvia Huxley before she visits her?
(a) A grand madam.
(b) White trash.
(c) Sex trash.
(d) A classy hooker.

5. When does Bride say that her ‘melting away’ starts?
(a) When she meets Booker.
(b) When You, Girl launches.
(c) When Booker leaves her.
(d) When she leaves her mother’s house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a quadroon?

2. When Bride thinks of her response to Booker’s statement that she was not the woman he wanted, what does she compare herself to?

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

4. What trait does Bride say her boyfriends did not have?

5. What does Sweetness say she taught Bride about white boys?

(see the answer key)

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