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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 long does Sweetness say it has been since she saw Bride?
2. Why did Sylvia Huxley have to quit her first job?
3. What does Bride say she wants to do to help her healing?
4. Why doesn’t Bride call the police?
5. What is Bride’s relationship with Sylvia Huxley?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Sweetness say she treated Bride the way she did?
2. What does Lula Ann’s dark skin mean to her mother?
3. While Bride is recovering from her hangover, what scene does she remember seeing from her childhood?
4. How does Sylvia Huxley react to Bride’s visit?
5. What does skin color mean in Sweetness’ family?
6. What is Bride’s feeling about what she needs to do, to heal herself, and how does Brooklyn respond?
7. How does Bride react to the changes her body is experiencing?
8. Why does Sweetness say she told Lula Ann to call her Sweetness instead of Mama?
9. What does Bride find when she stars going through Booker’s possessions at her house?
10. How does Sylvia Huxley describe her and Julie’s status among the prisoners at Decagon?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is the audience for God Help the Child? What is the ideal reader for God Help the Child likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?
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
Evaluate your own reading of God Help the Child—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
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