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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 does Bride say is the one flaw with Booker’s looks?
(a) His limp.
(b) His paunch.
(c) The scar on his shoulder.
(d) His baldness.

2. What did Sweetness nearly do to Lula Ann?
(a) Drown her in the river.
(b) Leave her on the church steps.
(c) Give her up for adoption.
(d) Stifle her with a blanket.

3. Where does Bride say she wants to go, to escape from her life?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Whiskey, CA.
(c) Anywhere.
(d) New York.

4. What is a quadroon?
(a) Someone with three African grandparents.
(b) Someone with four African grandparents.
(c) Someone with two African grandparents.
(d) Someone with one African grandparent.

5. Why does Sweetness say she had to be hard on Bride?
(a) To save her soul.
(b) To protect her.
(c) To domesticate her.
(d) To guide her spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bride compare Sylvia Huxley to?

2. How does Booker describe Bride’s skin color?

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

4. How does Sylvia Huxley say she felt when she was finally released?

5. What does Bride remember as the most important part of her testimony against Sylvia Huxley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused Julie to try to kill herself?

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

3. How is Booker different from the other relationships Bride has had?

4. What kind of friend is Brooklyn?

5. How does Bride say she was different from her friends, in terms of how they treated their boyfriends?

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

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

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

9. What kind of gesture does Bride make to Sylvia Huxley, and why does it go so wrong?

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

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