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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the demographic of the area where Brewster Place is located?
(a) All Hispanic
(b) All black
(c) All white
(d) Segregated, multi-racial

2. The women of Brewster Place came, went and ______________________.
(a) grew old beyond their years
(b) came back again
(c) never returned
(d) never looked back

3. What song does Ben sing when he is drinking?
(a) "We Are Family"
(b) "She's a Brick House"
(c) "Who Let the Dogs Out"
(d) "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

4. How does Mattie's mother stop Mattie's father's rage?
(a) She fires a shotgun blast
(b) She whacks him with a board
(c) She hits him with a frying pan
(d) She calls the police

5. The thought of _________________ convinces Mattie to go with Butch.
(a) kissing Butch
(b) fresh herbs for dinner
(c) defying her mother
(d) fresh cane molasses

Short Answer Questions

1. What separates Brewster Place from a new business district?

2. The people of Brewster Place could be called a _________________.

3. What does the Opening Poem tell the reader the book will be about?

4. "Or does it _____________?"

5. Who is the story about?

(see the answer key)

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