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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. Where does Booker express himself best?

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

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

4. What kind of people are Steve and Evelyn?

5. What does Queen give Bride to eat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Booker’s life get turned around from despair back toward hope?

5. How do Steven and Evelyn describe finding Rain?

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

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

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

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

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

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

In what ways is God Help the Child relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the book, and how would the book contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book that describe its contemporary relevance.

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate your own reading of God Help the Child—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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