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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bride’s relationship with You, Girl?
(a) She created it for Sylvia Inc.
(b) She works for it.
(c) She developed it all by herself.
(d) She manages it for Brooklyn.

2. What was Julie serving time for?
(a) Losing her employer’s kids in the woods.
(b) Stifling her child.
(c) Letting her child drown in the bathtub.
(d) Abusing the girl she was babysitting.

3. Why did Sylvia Huxley have to quit her first job?
(a) She couldn’t lift the heavy weights she needed to lift.
(b) She could never get to the job on time.
(c) She was always fighting with other employees.
(d) She couldn’t be around children.

4. Where do Sylvia Huxley and Julie work at the prison?
(a) The sewing shop.
(b) The cafeteria.
(c) The physical plant.
(d) The grounds keeping crew.

5. What kind of books did Sylvia Huxley’s family read?
(a) Only the classics.
(b) Only the Bible.
(c) All kinds of books.
(d) Only American literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color clothes does Bride primarily wear?

2. What does Bride compare Sylvia Huxley to?

3. What describes Bride’s state of mind while she is recovering?

4. What does Bride say Booker was using her for?

5. What does Bride say she would do, to get her mother to touch her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sylvia Huxley say made Decagon better than Brookhaven?

2. While Bride is recovering from her hangover, what scene does she remember seeing from her childhood?

3. How does Lula Ann’s skin color affect Sweetness’ marriage?

4. What sensation does Booker’s shaving brush give Bride?

5. What does Lula Ann’s dark skin mean to her mother?

6. What kind of friend is Brooklyn?

7. How does Sylvia Huxley describe her and Julie’s status among the prisoners at Decagon?

8. In a number of places, Bride says that she feels ‘erased.’ What is the importance of this feeling, in God Help the Child?

9. What is Bride’s feeling about what she needs to do, to heal herself, and how does Brooklyn respond?

10. How does Sylvia Huxley react to Bride’s visit?

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