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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. How does Sweetness say she intends to hold onto her dignity?

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

3. What percent of Americans does Sweetness think have African blood

4. What does Sweetness say she taught Bride about white boys?

5. What part of Bride’s appearance does Sweetness say she had a difficult time taming?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Sylvia Huxley say made Decagon better than Brookhaven?

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

8. What is Bride’s feeling about what she needs to do, to heal herself, and how does Brooklyn respond?

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

10. What kind of friend is Brooklyn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the most important plot points in God Help the Child. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is God Help the Child relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the book, and how would the book contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book that describe its contemporary relevance.

Essay Topic 3

Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

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