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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Bride describe the atmosphere in her mother’s house?
(a) She got so much approval that it made her hungry for boundaries.
(b) She could never tell what the right thing to do was.
(c) She knew that no matter what she did, she would be punished.
(d) She could never meet her mother’s high standards.

3. How does the narrator compare the small town of Whiskey to?
(a) A cardboard box.
(b) Tinsel.
(c) Dirt.
(d) A bus station.

4. How does the narrator say Booker thinks about race?
(a) Skin color is fateful,. in an America built on slavery.
(b) Darker-skinned people have a harder time than lighter-skinned people.
(c) Skin color is just skin color, not a flaw or a curse.
(d) Skin color is a social construct.

5. How does Queen explain the effect Adam’s death had on Booker’s life?
(a) She says that Booker internalized injustice when Adam died.
(b) She says that Booker had always been afraid to live, but Adam’s death gave him the excuse to retreat from life.
(c) She says that Adam’s death became Booker’s life.
(d) She says that Booker’s parents gave him too much to grieve, and it warped him.

6. What does Rain say Bride is the first person to do for her?
(a) Hold her and apologize for her experiences.
(b) Ask permission to show tenderness.
(c) Protect her with her body.
(d) Take her for a walk to the lake.

7. 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.

8. In what way is Bride surprised when Queen greets her?
(a) Queen treats her like something the cat dragged in, instead of a beautiful woman.
(b) Queen is incredibly rude and off-putting.
(c) Queen is extremely deferential, as if she has been expecting Bride to arrive.
(d) Queen acts like they have known each other for a long time.

9. What is the weather like when Booker leaves his family’s home?
(a) Cloudy.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Severe storms.
(d) Rain.

10. Who does Bride say Booker must have been talking about, in his writing?
(a) Queen.
(b) Himself.
(c) Adam.
(d) Her.

11. Who is Booker beating at the beginning of chapter 14?
(a) A man who had yelled at women for speaking Spanish.
(b) A man who had threatened his life.
(c) A man who was smoking crack with his child.
(d) A man who had exposed himself at a playground.

12. What does Bride say is the only thing left for her to do?
(a) Move to another state.
(b) Stand up for herself.
(c) Take her product launch public.
(d) Go on a cruise.

13. What tradition does Booker’s family keep up?
(a) Sunday church.
(b) Saturday morning conferences.
(c) Friday night movies.
(d) Monday night chores.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Booker describe his family?

2. What does Sylvia Huxley say was the only pleasure she had ever had?

3. Who does Booker say has become his only judge?

4. What does Queen accuse Booker of doing, in regard to Adam?

5. Bride says that Booker doesn’t have to love her but he does have to do what?

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