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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sweetness rejoice in Bride’s accomplishment, in accusing Sylvia Huxley of abuse?
(a) Because it helped Bride live with what she had seen.
(b) Because it soothed her memories of her own abuse.
(c) Because a little black girl took down a white woman.
(d) Because she kept a corrupt woman from get away with her behavior.

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) Metonymy.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Characterization.
(d) Foreshadowing.

3. What did Adam’s killer do for a living?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Bible salesman.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Teacher.

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

5. What does Sylvia Huxley say she and her cell-mate Julie posted on the walls of their cell?
(a) Photos of glamor girls.
(b) Photos of distant islands.
(c) Photos of children.
(d) Maps of the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bride describe her conversations with Booker?

2. Where does Bride say Sylvia Huxley’s husband is?

3. Why does Sweetness’ husband leave her?

4. How long does Sweetness say it has been since she saw Bride?

5. What does Bride remember witnessing out her window as a child?

(see the answer key)

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