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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Bride say Brooklyn dates?
(a) Black guys, mostly.
(b) Only white guys.
(c) Mostly foreigners.
(d) Guys of all races.

4. How does Sweetness feel about her daughter’s skin color?
(a) It makes her fiercely protective.
(b) She is appalled.
(c) She is enamored.
(d) She is sympathetic.

5. Where does Sylvia Huxley say she avoided in the prison?
(a) The cafeteria.
(b) The laundry room.
(c) The exercise yard.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Bride remember Jeri giving her about make up?

2. What is the last thing Bride remembers saying before Sylvia Huxley beats her?

3. What does Bride say she wants to do to help her healing?

4. Where does Bride say she wants to go, to escape from her life?

5. What does Bride say will keep her from ever forgetting Sylvia Huxley’s attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sweetness say she treated Bride the way she did?

2. What is Bride’s feeling about what she needs to do, to heal herself, and how does Brooklyn respond?

3. How is Bride’s mother different after the courtroom than she usually is, in her treatment of Bride?

4. What kind of image advice does Jeri give Bride?

5. What kind of friend is Brooklyn?

6. What kind of gesture does Bride make to Sylvia Huxley, and why does it go so wrong?

7. In a number of places, Bride says that she feels ‘erased.’ What is the importance of this feeling, in God Help the Child?

8. How does Bride say she was different from her friends, in terms of how they treated their boyfriends?

9. What is Bride’s state of mind as she is healing from the beating Sylvia Huxley gave her?

10. What effect does Bride’s testimony have on her relationship with her mother?

(see the answer keys)

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