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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sweetness say her skin color is?

3. How does Sylvia Huxley say she feels toward Bride?

4. What was Sylvia Huxley’s profession before she was imprisoned?

5. How old is Bride?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bride find when she stars going through Booker’s possessions at her house?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What caused Julie to try to kill herself?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the meaning of the title of this book, and how is that meaning developed throughout the unfolding of the plot? What alternative titles would have expressed the contents of the book better than God Help the Child? Analyze the importance of the epigram, from Luke. In what ways are children coming to God throughout this novel?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast God Help the Child with reverse chronology stories like Benjamin Button. How is Toni Morrison’s treatment different? How is it similar? What makes Toni Morrison’s version unique?

Essay Topic 3

Based on everything that has happened to Bride and Booker, what do you think the chances are, that their child lives a happy, safe life? Did the cycle of abuse end with Bride and Booker? How do you think the dynamics that affected Bride and Booker will affect their child?

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