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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author want the reader to understand?
(a) What she experienced as a girl
(b) What she is trying to convey about the characters
(c) What she went through to write this book
(d) What she hopes to achieve in life

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

3. Why does Mattie move into Brewster Place?
(a) She lost her home to a bail bondsman
(b) She needs assisted living
(c) She wants a smaller place
(d) She needs to be around people

4. Who is the author of the Opening Poem?
(a) Langston Hughes
(b) Shel Silverstein
(c) Gloria Naylor
(d) Sylvia Plath

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The thought of _________________ convinces Mattie to go with Butch.

2. Who replaced the Mediterraneans when they moved out of Brewster Place?

3. What is Brewster Place?

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

5. Brewster Place was especially fond of its ________________________.

(see the answer key)

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