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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 color are Rain’s eyes?

2. What does Bride pick up from Mr. Ponti?

3. What does Sylvia Huxley say was the only pleasure she had ever had?

4. What is the age beyond which Queen has not raised any of her children?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bride endear herself to Rain?

3. What happens when Bride meets Queen?

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

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

6. What alarming discovery does Bride make in the restroom on her way to Whiskey, CA?

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

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

9. What is Bride’s impression of Steve and Evelyn’s house?

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

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 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 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.

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