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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 child who could be raised by loving parents.
(c) A scared little black girl.
(d) The child she might have had.

2. How does Bride say she feels, waking up from the sleep after arguing with Booker?
(a) Newly born.
(b) Refreshed.
(c) Posthumous.
(d) Dead.

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

4. What does Sylvia Huxley say was the only pleasure she had ever had?
(a) Praying in church.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Moving away from home.
(d) Beating up Bride.

5. What is Bride alarmed by when she stops for food on the way to Whiskey?
(a) She is too small for her clothes.
(b) Her breasts have disappeared.
(c) She is lost.
(d) She has lost her wallet.

6. When does Bride discover that her breasts have been erased?
(a) After she can walk again.
(b) At the clinic for her foot.
(c) During her accident.
(d) In the bath.

7. What does Rain prefer to be called?
(a) Woody.
(b) Sue.
(c) Slinky.
(d) Raisin.

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

9. When Bride thinks of her response to Booker’s statement that she was not the woman he wanted, what does she compare herself to?
(a) A third-grader.
(b) A disappointed mother.
(c) A jilted old woman.
(d) An angry teacher.

10. Why did Rain leave her mother’s house?
(a) Because there was never anything to eat there.
(b) Because her mother was never home.
(c) Because her mother beat her.
(d) Because her mother’s clients were sexually abusing her.

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

12. What does Queen accuse Booker of doing, in regard to Adam?
(a) Keeping his spirit trapped on earth.
(b) Tying his corpse to his shoulders.
(c) Preventing the family from moving on.
(d) Killing himself so that he can know what it’s like.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Booker writes a short journal entry apologizing to Adam, how does he explain his reasoning for having enslaved him to his death?

2. What causes Bride to take off her shirt, revealing her newly returned breasts?

3. How does Booker describe the atmosphere in his family’s house after Adam’s funeral?

4. How long does Bride stay with Steve and Evelyn?

5. Where does Booker go after beating the man up?

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