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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will happen to the women of Brewster Place?
(a) They will fight to keep their home
(b) They will build another complex
(c) They will move out willingly
(d) They will move to another neighborhood

2. What does Kiswana's mother think Kiswana is doing instead of looking for a job?
(a) Daydreaming
(b) Reading
(c) Painting
(d) Sleeping

3. What does Mattie tell Etta that Etta needs?
(a) A husband
(b) A good job
(c) A bigger house
(d) A facelift

4. What does Kiswana's mother leave behind when she goes?
(a) A check for the phone deposit
(b) A box of cookies
(c) Some meals for the week
(d) Some new clothes

5. Who is Ciel?
(a) The woman who lives with Eugene
(b) Mattie's daughter
(c) Etta's sister
(d) Ben's mother

6. Who helps to calm Lorraine down after the Brewster Place tenants' meeting?
(a) Ben
(b) Mattie
(c) Theresa
(d) Cora Lee

7. Which of the following items does Theresa not throw at Sophie across the air shaft?
(a) Soda
(b) Eggs
(c) Peppers
(d) Onions

8. Where does Ciel go after Serena's death?
(a) The hospital
(b) The funeral home
(c) Her mother's house
(d) Church

9. Why is Kiswana's mother especially exasperated with her?
(a) She wil not go to school
(b) She does not have a phone
(c) She is not married
(d) She will not visit more often

10. Which of the following is not a reaction when a dream dies?
(a) Resignation
(b) Sadness
(c) Joy
(d) Hopelessness

11. Whose funeral is Eugene going to attend?
(a) His best friend's
(b) His ex-wife's
(c) His baby daughter's
(d) His mother's

12. With which of the following items do the women not chip away the brick wall?
(a) Knives
(b) Rake
(c) Bare hands
(d) Shoe heels

13. Which of the following is not one of the odors wiped away when a street dies?
(a) Hope
(b) Caring
(c) Jealousy
(d) Lust

14. What did Cora Lee love as a child?
(a) Rainbows
(b) Baby dolls
(c) New dresses
(d) Puppies

15. What does Kiswana accuse her father and mother of doing?
(a) Denying her an education
(b) Loving her brother more than her
(c) Beating her as a child
(d) Selling out to white brainwashing

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie says that she has loved some women deeper than she has loved ________________.

2. What happens to Lorraine the night she walks home from the party?

3. Why does Kiswana's mother think Kiswana does not belong in Brewster Place?

4. When did Coral Lee have her first child?

5. Who visits Ben on this morning?

(see the answer keys)

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