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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What personal trait does Brooklyn claim to have, that justifies her feelings?
(a) The ability to work hard and get ahead.
(b) The ability to see people’s vulnerabilities.
(c) The ability to see into people’s fears.
(d) The ability to see what’s about to happen.

2. Who does Queen say Booker must have been talking to, with his writing?
(a) Himself.
(b) Adam.
(c) Queen.
(d) Bride.

3. How many other boys had the killer killed?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Nine.
(d) One.

4. When did Booker’s family’s routines change?
(a) When Booker left the house.
(b) When Adam disappeared.
(c) When Booker graduated high school.
(d) When Booker got his first job.

5. What is the weather like when Booker first sets eyes on Bride?
(a) Cloudy.
(b) Severe storms.
(c) Raining.
(d) Sunshine.

6. How would you characterize Booker’s writing?
(a) Rational.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Raving.
(d) Erudite.

7. Where had Steve and Evelyn first met?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Reed College.
(c) London.
(d) India.

8. What is missing from Booker’s family home that causes him to pick a fight with his sister and leave the house?
(a) Adam’s memorial.
(b) Booker’s books.
(c) Adam’s skateboard.
(d) Adam’s books.

9. What does the narrator say made Bride and Booker act like a true couple?
(a) Taking care of each other.
(b) Taking care of Queen.
(c) Planning for the future.
(d) Carrying a baby.

10. What advice does Queen give Booker after Adam’s death?
(a) To Say the things he needs to say to him.
(b) To let it go and move on.
(c) To stage a ritual to let him go.
(d) Not to let go of him until he’s ready.

11. How has Booker injured his arm?
(a) Logging accident.
(b) Drunken fall.
(c) Bar fight.
(d) Being arrested.

12. What does Sylvia Huxley say she thanks Bride for?
(a) Repairing her.
(b) Forgiving her.
(c) Believing in her.
(d) Releasing her.

13. What does Booker reproach himself with?
(a) Remaining aloof from others and judging their flaws.
(b) Wasting his time dreaming.
(c) Failing to see his own obsession as part of the world’s plan.
(d) Loving too well for mere human beings.

14. What does Bride think she is turning into with the changes in her body?
(a) The brave child she ought to have been.
(b) A scared little black girl.
(c) A child who could be raised by loving parents.
(d) The child she might have had.

15. What turned Booker’s life around, after he leaves his family?
(a) An inheritance from Mr. Drew.
(b) Returning to school.
(c) Beating up the crack smoking couple.
(d) Breaking up with Felicity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Queen’s body did Bride leave fro Booker to wash?

2. What do Steve and Evelyn cook for Bride?

3. What news does Sweetness get at the end of the book?

4. How does Booker describe the wall covered in photos in Queens house?

5. What does Booker feel his college classmates’ views stand in the way of?

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