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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sweetness describe the upbringing Lula Ann received from her?
(a) Permissive.
(b) Perfectionist.
(c) Supportive.
(d) Very strict.

2. What trait does Bride say her boyfriends did not have?
(a) Faith.
(b) Generosity.
(c) Affection.
(d) Integrity.

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

4. What does Sylvia Huxley say was the best part of Decagon?
(a) The library.
(b) The other women.
(c) The work.
(d) The food.

5. Where does Bride say she wants to go, to escape from her life?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Anywhere.
(d) Whiskey, CA.

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

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

8. What did Booker tell Bride about that caused her to fall asleep?
(a) The history of water in California.
(b) The history of money in America.
(c) The history of race in America.
(d) The history of land rights in California.

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

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

11. How does Sylvia Huxley describe life at Decagon?
(a) Terrifying.
(b) Miserable.
(c) Loud.
(d) Serene.

12. What does Bride say she wants to do to help her healing?
(a) Go on a cruise.
(b) Go on an adventure.
(c) Go to a hospital.
(d) Go to a spa.

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

14. How does Brooklyn wear her hair?
(a) Blond dreadlocks.
(b) Buzz cut.
(c) Short and chic.
(d) Long and sumptuous.

15. What does Bride say will keep her from ever forgetting Sylvia Huxley’s attack?
(a) Her shame.
(b) Her medical bills.
(c) Her paralyzed arm.
(d) Her limp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What leads Bride to Mr. Ponti?

2. What feeling does Bride get from using Booker’s shaving brush?

3. What does Sylvia Huxley say she and her cell-mate Julie posted on the walls of their cell?

4. What is the name of the literary device Toni Morrison is employing when Bride says that “Lula Ann Bridewell…was never a woman”?

5. How much money does Bride give Sylvia Huxley?

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