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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 Bride say Booker must have been talking about, in his writing?

2. What does Bride think she is turning into with the changes in her body?

3. What is Queen doing when Bride arrives at her house?

4. Bride says that Booker doesn’t have to love her but he does have to do what?

5. What kind of new product does Bride envision on her way to see Booker?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What completes the rejuvenation story for Bride and Booker?

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

4. What happens when Bride meets Queen?

5. What does Queen say was Booker’s problem in how he dealt with Adam’s death?

6. How does Bride endear herself to Rain?

7. What happens when Bride finds Booker?

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

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

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

Would you recommend God Help the Child? For what purposes would you recommend God Help the Child, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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