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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sweetness say she had to be hard on Bride?
(a) To save her soul.
(b) To guide her spirit.
(c) To protect her.
(d) To domesticate her.

2. When did Booker’s family’s routines change?
(a) When Booker graduated high school.
(b) When Booker left the house.
(c) When Booker got his first job.
(d) When Adam disappeared.

3. What course of study does Booker find engaging?
(a) The study of black history.
(b) The study of race in American literature.
(c) The study of abuses in law enforcement.
(d) The study of economics.

4. What does Bride say she would do, to get her mother to touch her?
(a) Lie on top of her in bed, so she would have to be shoved off.
(b) Raise her fists to her mother so her mother would have to defend herself.
(c) Be bad so she could be spanked.
(d) Break down in tears so she would get hugged.

5. What does Bride remember as the most important part of her testimony against Sylvia Huxley?
(a) The jury’s whispers of concern.
(b) Sylvia Huxley’s loud protestations of innocence.
(c) The other children’s sobbing.
(d) Her mother held her hand afterward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Booker do to change his mindset after Adam’s funeral?

2. How does Bride describe herself after the beating?

3. What does Bride compare Sylvia Huxley to?

4. How does Sylvia Huxley say she avoided the attention of predatory women in prison?

5. Why did Sylvia Huxley have to quit her first job?

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