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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. How does Sylvia Huxley say she felt when she was finally released?

2. What does Sweetness say her skin color is?

3. What does Bride say she regrets about Booker?

4. What does Bride compare her sex life to?

5. How does Bride describe herself after the beating?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does skin color mean in Sweetness’ family?

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

3. What kind of relationships is Bride accustomed to having with men?

4. What happens when Brooklyn tries to seduce Booker?

5. What benefits does Sweetness say she enjoyed because of her light skin?

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

7. How is Booker different from the other relationships Bride has had?

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

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

10. What does Sylvia Huxley say made Decagon better than Brookhaven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast God Help the Child with reverse chronology stories like Benjamin Button. How is Toni Morrison’s treatment different? How is it similar? What makes Toni Morrison’s version unique?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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