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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 course of study does Booker find engaging?

2. What are Steve and Evelyn and Rain’s beds made of?

3. Who is Booker beating at the beginning of chapter 14?

4. What term does Booker use for the pedophile he has just beaten up?

5. What does Bride say Sylvia Huxley’s beating confirmed for her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator describe Bride and Booker’s efforts to take care of Queen?

4. How does Bride end up at Steve and Evelyn’s house with Rain?

5. What books does Booker read while Bride is at work?

6. What happens when Bride meets Queen?

7. How does the narrator describe Booker’s moment of self-realization?

8. How does Bride endear herself to Rain?

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

10. How did Booker end up studying economics?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What topics would you like to research further, after reading God Help the Child? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on God Help the Child.

Essay Topic 2

When is God Help the Child most itself? What is its characteristic passage or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?

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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