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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 Bride stay with Steve and Evelyn?

2. What was Adam doing the last time Booker saw him?

3. What is the weather like when Booker leaves his family’s home?

4. Where does Booker go after beating the man up?

5. What advice does Queen give Booker after Adam’s death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bride endear herself to Rain?

2. What precipitates Booker’s departure from his family home?

3. What do Bride and Booker do when Bride wakes up?

4. What advice does Queen give Booker after Adam’s funeral?

5. How do Bride and Booker’s opinions about race differ?

6. How did Booker end up studying economics?

7. What alarming discovery does Bride make in the restroom on her way to Whiskey, CA?

8. How does the narrator describe Booker’s relationship with Adam?

9. How does the narrator describe Bride’s distress when she discovers that her breasts have been erased?

10. What is the importance of Bride saying she felt ‘colonized’ by Booker?

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

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?

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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