2. What news does Sweetness get at the end of the book?
(a) Bride is going to have a baby.
(b) Queen has died.
(c) Bride forgives her for being aloof as a parent.
(d) Bride and Booker are getting married.

3. What kind of people are Steve and Evelyn?
(a) Hippies.
(b) Coal miners.
(c) Vagrants.
(d) Loggers.

4. When Booker writes a short journal entry apologizing to Adam, how does he explain his reasoning for having enslaved him to his death?
(a) He says that it gave him an illusion of control.
(b) He says that the violence of his emotions needed that protection.
(c) He says that it let him bear the crushing grief and injustice.
(d) He says that he was tricked into thinking grief was more real than living.

5. What does Booker want instead of death for Adam’s killer?
(a) He says that he wants his brother back.
(b) He says that he wants justice.
(c) He says that he wants restitution.
(d) He says that he wants his life.

6. What was it that made Booker lonely about his family’s funeral for Adam?
(a) The excess.
(b) The indulgence.
(c) The sparseness.
(d) The lack of emotion.

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

8. How does Booker describe his family?
(a) Large and sprawling.
(b) Small and not close.
(c) Small and tight.
(d) Large and tight.

9. What is Queen doing when Bride arrives at her house?
(a) Sitting in the sun reading.
(b) Burning her box spring to get the bedbugs out.
(c) Hanging her laundry.
(d) Cleaning her rugs by beating them with a rug beater in the yard.

10. What did Adam’s killer do for a living?
(a) Bible salesman.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Librarian.

11. How does Queen explain the effect Adam’s death had on Booker’s life?
(a) She says that Booker’s parents gave him too much to grieve, and it warped him.
(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 internalized injustice when Adam died.

12. How does Queen characterize Booker to Bride?
(a) She says that he is a brooding romantic.
(b) She says that he is too short-tempered for his own good.
(c) She says that he is a ‘leaver.’
(d) She says that he is unstable.

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

14. What does the narrator say Bride felt about Whiskey?
(a) Puzzled.
(b) Culture shock.
(c) Judgmental.
(d) Disgusted.

15. What color are Rain’s eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Coal-black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Emerald.