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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. Who does Queen say Booker must have been talking to, with his writing?

2. What does the narrator say Bride felt about Whiskey?

3. What trait of her mother’s does Sylvia Huxley say helped her in prison?

4. What do Steve and Evelyn cook for Bride?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Bride finds Booker?

3. What common thread does the narrator say Bride sees in Booker dumping her and in Sylvia Huxley beating her?

4. What does Brooklyn feel about Bride’s disappearance to deal with her past?

5. What happens when Bride and Booker go to Queen’s house after their reconciliation?

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

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

8. Why is Booker beating a man up, at the beginning of Chapter 14?

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

10. What are Booker’s family’s Saturday morning conferences like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an evaluative review of God Help the Child. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

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

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?

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