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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 leads Bride to Mr. Ponti?
(a) A bill for Booker.
(b) A visit from Booker’s friend.
(c) A tip from Brooklyn.
(d) A phone call from Ponti’s store.

2. What is the name of the literary device Toni Morrison is employing when Bride says that “Lula Ann Bridewell…was never a woman”?
(a) Characterization.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Foreshadowing.

3. What does Bride compare her sex life to?
(a) Clorox.
(b) Snickers.
(c) Oreos.
(d) Diet Coke.

4. What color is Lula Ann’s skin?
(a) High yellow.
(b) Blue-black dark.
(c) Moderately dark.
(d) White.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What possessions of Booker’s does Bride keep?

2. How does Bride treat her pain?

3. What did Sweetness try to prepare Bride to live with, by being hard on her?

4. How does Sweetness describe the upbringing Lula Ann received from her?

5. Where does Sylvia Huxley say she avoided in the prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does skin color mean in Sweetness’ family?

2. What caused Julie to try to kill herself?

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

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

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

6. How is Bride’s mother different after the courtroom than she usually is, in her treatment of Bride?

7. What is Bride’s state of mind as she is healing from the beating Sylvia Huxley gave her?

8. What does Brooklyn say her impression of Booker was?

9. Why does Sweetness say she told Lula Ann to call her Sweetness instead of Mama?

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

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