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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. What is Bride’s relationship with Sylvia Huxley?

2. How much money does Sweetness’ husband send her monthly, after he leaves?

3. What does Sylvia Huxley say was her first job after parole?

4. What does Bride say she enjoyed about dancing with Booker?

5. How does Sylvia Huxley describe life at Decagon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Brooklyn tries to seduce Booker?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Lula Ann’s dark skin mean to her mother?

7. What kind of image advice does Jeri give Bride?

8. Why does Sweetness say she told Lula Ann to call her Sweetness instead of Mama?

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

10. Where does Sylvia Huxley say she found a refuge from prison life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the ending God Help the Child. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?

Essay Topic 2

Research the national statistics regarding child abuse or racist violence in America. How accurately does Toni Morrison represent this issue and the related issues? What are the advantages and disadvantages of addressing these issues in fiction?

Essay Topic 3

How would you rewrite God Help the Child, if you were to adapt it and make it your own? What part of the book would you preserve? What part would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.

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