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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bride say will keep her from ever forgetting Sylvia Huxley’s attack?
(a) Her paralyzed arm.
(b) Her limp.
(c) Her medical bills.
(d) Her shame.

2. What is Bride’s relationship with Sylvia Huxley?
(a) She represented her.
(b) She helped imprison her.
(c) She befriended her.
(d) She was abused by her.

3. What percent of Americans does Sweetness think have African blood
(a) 30%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 10%.

4. How does Bride describe herself after the beating?
(a) As a throbbing nerve of pain.
(b) As a whipped puppy.
(c) As a fish out of water.
(d) As a broken-winged bird.

5. Where did Bride start her working career?
(a) On the sales floor.
(b) In the delivery truck.
(c) In the business office.
(d) In the stock room.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Bride give Sylvia Huxley?

2. What is the name of the literary device Toni Morrison is employing when Bride says that “Lula Ann Bridewell…was never a woman”?

3. What is a quadroon?

4. How does Sweetness say she intends to hold onto her dignity?

5. What does Bride remember as the most important part of her testimony against Sylvia Huxley?

(see the answer key)

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