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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 describe life at Decagon?
(a) Serene.
(b) Loud.
(c) Miserable.
(d) Terrifying.

2. Where did Bride start her working career?
(a) In the business office.
(b) In the stock room.
(c) On the sales floor.
(d) In the delivery truck.

3. How does Sylvia Huxley say she feels toward Bride?
(a) Hostile.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Furious.
(d) Grateful.

4. When Bride confesses the whole story about Sylvia Huxley, what does Brooklyn suggest?
(a) That they throw a party.
(b) That Bride should try to contact Sylvia Huxley again.
(c) That Bride she contact Booker.
(d) That they take a cruise.

5. What color clothes does Bride primarily wear?
(a) Crimson.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Pink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Booker tell Bride about that caused her to fall asleep?

2. How does Bride describe herself after the beating?

3. How does Bride describe what she felt Booker when he dumped her?

4. What does Sylvia Huxley suspect her family feels about her imprisonment?

5. What does Sweetness say her skin color is?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Brooklyn tries to seduce Booker?

3. What benefits does Sweetness say she enjoyed because of her light skin?

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

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

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

7. What is Brooklyn’s reaction when Bride tells her the whole story of the beating she got from Sylvia Huxley?

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

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

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

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