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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kiswana find Cora Lee's son, Sammy, doing?
(a) Playing with matches
(b) Eating out of the garbage cans
(c) Running with scissors
(d) Playing in the street

2. What does Cora Lee believe to be the reason for her problems with caseworkers and other people?
(a) Her children not behaving
(b) Her parents abandoning her
(c) Her neighbors being nosy
(d) Her boyfriends always leaving

3. What does Mattie's father do to her to coerce her to name the baby's father?
(a) Gives her money
(b) Threatens to disown her
(c) Beats her
(d) Bribes her with candy

4. Mattie's father's love for her was _____________.
(a) unfulfilling
(b) painful
(c) legendary
(d) sporadic

5. Where is Basil when he calls Mattie in the middle of the night as Chapter 2, Part 5 begins?
(a) Jail
(b) Supermarket
(c) Airport
(d) School

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mattie tell her father about the father of her unborn child?

2. What is the main motivation in Cora Lee's life?

3. Why is Mattie's father not speaking to her?

4. What does Basil want from Mattie?

5. How many children does Cora Lee have now in Brewster Place?

(see the answer key)

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