2. What does Sylvia Huxley say she got from her family while she was in prison?
(a) Care packages, but no letters.
(b) Money and clothes.
(c) Long letters with family news.
(d) Bibles.

3. What describes Bride’s state of mind while she is recovering?
(a) Impatience.
(b) Anomie.
(c) Schadenfreude.
(d) Ennui.

4. What made Sylvia Huxley’ previous jail worse than Decagon?
(a) Constant strip searches.
(b) The prisoner-guard drama.
(c) The food.
(d) The constant noise.

5. What does Sweetness say she taught Bride about white boys?
(a) To fight them if she had to.
(b) To cross the street to stay away from them.
(c) To make sure she always had a trusted authority figure around her.
(d) To speak her mind to them.

6. How old was Lula Ann when she dropped her name and started to go by ‘Bride’?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

7. How does Sylvia Huxley say she feels toward Bride?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Furious.

8. What is a quadroon?
(a) Someone with three African grandparents.
(b) Someone with two African grandparents.
(c) Someone with four African grandparents.
(d) Someone with one African grandparent.

9. What part of Bride’s appearance does Sweetness say she had a difficult time taming?
(a) Her breasts.
(b) Her hair.
(c) Her clothes that were filth from outdoor play.
(d) Her gangly limbs.

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

11. What does Bride say she would do, to get her mother to touch her?
(a) Break down in tears so she would get hugged.
(b) Lie on top of her in bed, so she would have to be shoved off.
(c) Raise her fists to her mother so her mother would have to defend herself.
(d) Be bad so she could be spanked.

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

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

14. How old is Brooklyn?
(a) 32.
(b) 27.
(c) 23.
(d) 21.

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