Sweetness Quizzes

Sweetness Quiz 1

1 Who narrates "Sweetness"?
Sweetness

An unnamed first-person narrator

Lula Ann

An unnamed third-person narrator
2 Who wrote "Sweetness"?
Ali Smith

Lula Ann

Sweetness

Toni Morrison
3 Where is "Sweetness" set?
An unspecified East Coast American city

California

Texas

Eastern Canada
4 In what year was "Sweetness" published?
2015

2014

1995

2001
5 In what magazine was "Sweetness" published?
Tin House

Medium

The New Yorker

GQ
6 What novel is "Sweetness" excerpted from?
God Help the Child

Sula

Bluest Eye

Song of Solomon
7 In what decade was Lula Ann born?
1950s

1990s

1870s

2000s
8 Approximately how old is Sweetness at the point in time from which she is looking back on events?
In her 60s

In her 40s

In her 30s

In her 90s
9 What does Sweetness claim in the story's opening line?
I cheated on my husband

I never loved my daughter

It's all my fault

It's not my fault
10 What is Sweetness's ethnicity/racial group?
Black

White

Latinx

Arab
11 What term does Sweetness use to identify her own skin tone?
Midnight black

Blue black

Sudanese black

High yellow
12 What term does Sweetness use to describe her daughter's skin tone?
Blue black

Midnight black

Sudanese black

All of these
13 What is Sweetness's initial emotional reaction when her daughter is born?
Optimism

Fear

Love

Serenity
14 What substance does Sweetness liken her baby's skin to?
Cappuccino

Honey

Tar

Molasses
15 When Sweetness says she has "good hair," what is she implying?
She has very curly hair

She has straight hair

She has healthy hair

She has blonde hair
16 What is a "throwback"?
A reversion to an ancestral characteristic

A type of back stretch

A type of swimming stroke

A position in football
17 In the context of the story, what does it mean to pass?
For a white person to live unnoticed in society as a person of color

For a non-white person to live unnoticed in society as white

For a black person to overcome adversity

None of these
18 What was Sweetness's mother's job?
Housekeeper for a rich white couple

Housewife of a white man

Bible salesperson

Court judge
19 What is Sweetness's mother's name?
Lula Mae

Lula Ann

Sweetie Ann

Sweetness Mae
20 Why did Sweetness's mother have to swear on a Bible reserved for black people at the courthouse?
Racial segregation laws were still in effect

She didn't want to touch the white people's Bible out of superstition

White people and black people have their own versions of the Bible

That particular courthouse was racist but others weren't
21 What is the most specific name for Sweetness's prejudice against other black people who have a darker skin tone?
Anti-black discrimination

Racism

Bigotry

Colorism
22 What is Sweetness's justification for her family members' decision to pass?
It was the only way to maintain dignity during segregation

She sees no need to justify it

She believes people with lighter skin are closer to God

They were just as much white as they were black
23 What violent gesture does Sweetness enact while holding her daughter in the maternity ward?
She tightens her hand around her daughter's neck

She holds a penknife to her own throat

She presses a blanket over her daughter's face

She dangles her daughter out the window
24 What does Sweetness consider doing with Lula Ann when she is first born?
Giving her to a German couple she knows

Burying her in the snow

Giving her to an orphanage

None of these
25 Who is Louis?
Sweetness's brother

Lula Ann's husband

Lula Ann's father

Sweetness's father

Lesson: Sweetness, Author: Tony Morrison

Lula Ann is Sweetness's daughter. Born to light-skinned parents, Lula Ann's skin is unexpectedly dark, described by Sweetness as "Sudanese black" and "blue-black." Sweetness raises Lula Ann to keep her head down because of her dark skin, but Lula...

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. What was Sweetness's initial emotional reaction when her daughter was born?

Sweetness was very dissapointed. “Sweetness” opens with Sweetness saying, “It’s not my fault. So you can't blame me.” Sweetness explains that her daughter Lula Ann was born with skin so dark that Sweetness was frightened. Sweetness comments that...

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How did the short story Sweetness illustrate ideas from the newsela article Colorism?

I'm sorry, I unaware of the article in question. Author?

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Sweetness

by Toni Morrison

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