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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Brooklyn say Bride does not know about her ex-boyfriend Booker?
(a) That she tried to seduce him.
(b) That she had been having an affair with him.
(c) That he tried to seduce him.
(d) That she had known him as a ladies man in college.

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

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

5. What caused Julie to try to kill herself?
(a) Guilt over what she had done.
(b) A fight she had had with Sylvia Huxley.
(c) Being abused by a guard.
(d) Being attacked by other women.

6. What does Bride say she did not know about Booker?
(a) Who else he was sleeping with.
(b) Where he went at night.
(c) What he did for work.
(d) Where he came from.

7. What does Bride say was the worst form of punishment her mother would use?
(a) Locking her in her room.
(b) Screaming at her.
(c) Spanking her.
(d) Sending her to bed without supper.

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

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

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

11. How does Bride describe her conversations with Booker?
(a) Intimate and flirtatious.
(b) Intimate and personal.
(c) Serious and intellectual.
(d) Sarcastic and joking.

12. Where does Sylvia Huxley find her next job?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A nursing home.
(c) A funeral home.
(d) A cemetery.

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

14. 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) Raise her fists to her mother so her mother would have to defend herself.
(c) Be bad so she could be spanked.
(d) Lie on top of her in bed, so she would have to be shoved off.

15. What is the last thing Bride remembers saying before Sylvia Huxley beats her?
(a) That she remembers Sylvia Huxley from school.
(b) That she knows that Sylvia Huxley was innocent.
(c) That she was one of the children who…
(d) That she knows what Sylvia Huxley did.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sweetness say her skin color is?

2. How does Bride refer to Sylvia Huxley before she visits her?

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

4. How does Sylvia Huxley describe life at Decagon?

5. How does Bride describe herself after the beating?

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