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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Bride remember Jeri giving her about make up?
(a) To match her eye shadow with her shoes.
(b) Not to wear any.
(c) Only to wear a little lipstick.
(d) Only to wear a little eyeliner.

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

3. How does Sylvia Huxley say she felt when she was finally released?
(a) Like a foreigner.
(b) Like she was in love with the world.
(c) Like a child, again.
(d) Like a character in a book.

4. What does Bride say she enjoyed about dancing with Booker?
(a) Booker’s grace and his sense of rhythm.
(b) How elegant she felt.
(c) Making other couples jealous.
(d) How Booker would handle men who tried to hit on her.

5. What did Bride and Booker quarrel about the night he left?
(a) His interest in Brooklyn.
(b) Her decision to launch You, Girl.
(c) His betrayal of her.
(d) Her care package for Sylvia Huxley.

6. How does Bride treat her pain?
(a) Wine.
(b) Vicodin.
(c) Herbal remedies.
(d) Cocaine.

7. What leads Bride to Mr. Ponti?
(a) A tip from Brooklyn.
(b) A bill for Booker.
(c) A visit from Booker’s friend.
(d) A phone call from Ponti’s store.

8. What does Bride say she regrets about Booker?
(a) She says that she should not have trusted him.
(b) She says that she should have tried to meet his family.
(c) She says that she should have talked to his friends more.
(d) She says that she should not have loaned him money.

9. How much pay do Sylvia Huxley and Julie receive for each hour’s work?
(a) $2.40
(b) $.12
(c) $3.60
(d) $1.20

10. How does Sweetness say she intends to hold onto her dignity?
(a) By associating with the best people.
(b) By living in the right neighborhood.
(c) Through distinguishing actions.
(d) By trying to pass for white.

11. What does Sweetness say her skin color is?
(a) White.
(b) Moderately dark.
(c) High yellow.
(d) Blue-black dark.

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

13. 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.

14. What does Sylvia Huxley say she did after Bride’s visit?
(a) Went out for food.
(b) Slept.
(c) Hitch-hiked out of town.
(d) Cried.

15. What does Sylvia Huxley say her status was, in the prison?
(a) About the same as bomb throwers.
(b) Bottom of the heap.
(c) Better than most, except for women who’d committed financial crimes.
(d) Higher only than murderers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What part of Bride’s appearance does Sweetness say she had a difficult time taming?

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

4. What is Bride’s relationship with Sylvia Huxley?

5. What kinds of stories does Julie tell at night?

(see the answer keys)

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