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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. How does Sylvia Huxley say she feels toward Bride?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Bitter.
(d) Furious.
2. Why does Sweetness say she had to be hard on Bride?
(a) To save her soul.
(b) To protect her.
(c) To guide her spirit.
(d) To domesticate her.
3. What does Bride say she would do, to get her mother to touch her?
(a) Lie on top of her in bed, so she would have to be shoved off.
(b) Be bad so she could be spanked.
(c) Raise her fists to her mother so her mother would have to defend herself.
(d) Break down in tears so she would get hugged.
4. What caused Julie to try to kill herself?
(a) A fight she had had with Sylvia Huxley.
(b) Being abused by a guard.
(c) Being attacked by other women.
(d) Guilt over what she had done.
5. What percent of Americans does Sweetness think have African blood
(a) 30%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 50%.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Sweetness say she intends to hold onto her dignity?
2. What does Sweetness say her skin color is?
3. When does Bride notice that her pubic hair is gone?
4. What does Sylvia Huxley say she did after Bride’s visit?
5. How old is Brooklyn?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Sweetness say she told Lula Ann to call her Sweetness instead of Mama?
2. What is Brooklyn’s reaction when Bride tells her the whole story of the beating she got from Sylvia Huxley?
3. How does Bride react to the changes her body is experiencing?
4. What happens when Brooklyn tries to seduce Booker?
5. How does Bride say she was different from her friends, in terms of how they treated their boyfriends?
6. What does Brooklyn say her impression of Booker was?
7. What does Bride find when she stars going through Booker’s possessions at her house?
8. What caused Julie to try to kill herself?
9. What kind of relationships is Bride accustomed to having with men?
10. What kind of gesture does Bride make to Sylvia Huxley, and why does it go so wrong?
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