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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. When Booker writes a short journal entry apologizing to Adam, how does he explain his reasoning for having enslaved him to his death?

2. What is the weather like when Booker first sets eyes on Bride?

3. What does the narrator say Bride felt about Whiskey?

4. Who does Queen say Booker must have been talking to, with his writing?

5. What personal trait does Brooklyn claim to have, that justifies her feelings?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Steven and Evelyn describe finding Rain?

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

3. What completes the rejuvenation story for Bride and Booker?

4. What book does Booker plan to write?

5. Why is Booker beating a man up, at the beginning of Chapter 14?

6. What happens when Bride finds Booker?

7. What are Booker’s family’s Saturday morning conferences like?

8. What do Bride and Booker do when Bride wakes up?

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

10. How does the narrator describe the town of Whiskey, CA?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of God Help the Child—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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

In what ways is God Help the Child relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the book, and how would the book contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book that describe its contemporary relevance.

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