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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 possessions of Booker’s does Bride keep?
(a) His record collection.
(b) His shaving brush.
(c) His books.
(d) His clothing.

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

3. What does Sylvia Huxley say was the best part of Decagon?
(a) The work.
(b) The other women.
(c) The library.
(d) The food.

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

5. What did Sweetness try to prepare Bride to live with, by being hard on her?
(a) Gossip.
(b) Original sin.
(c) The lusts of men.
(d) Her dark skin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bride’s relationship with You, Girl?

2. How old is Brooklyn?

3. What does Bride compare her six-month relationship with Booker to?

4. What does Bride compare Sylvia Huxley to?

5. How does Sweetness feel about her daughter’s skin color?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of friend is Brooklyn?

2. Why does Sweetness say she treated Bride the way she did?

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

4. What effect does Bride’s testimony have on her relationship with her mother?

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

6. What kind of image advice does Jeri give Bride?

7. What is the relationship between Bride’s memory of her landlord and her memory of Sylvia Huxley?

8. How does Bride react to the changes her body is experiencing?

9. What caused Julie to try to kill herself?

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

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