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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. When did Booker’s family’s routines change?

2. What turned Booker’s life around, after he leaves his family?

3. What does Sylvia Huxley say she thanks Bride for?

4. What does Booker say is the connection between his leaving and his brother’s death?

5. What does Queen thank Jesus for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bride describe the atmosphere in her mother’s house?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does the narrator describe the town of Whiskey, CA?

9. What happens when Bride finds Booker?

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

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

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 3

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?

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