View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Basil tell Mattie?
(a) The store is out of strawberries
(b) He needs money
(c) He needs a ride home
(d) He has killed a man

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

5. What does Basil tell Mattie during this time?
(a) He has a terminal illness
(b) She is the best mother on the planet
(c) He cannot face going to jail
(d) That man deserved to die

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Basil spend the next two weeks?

2. What serious illness did Mattie have when she was little?

3. Where does Mattie find comfort in her life?

4. Mattie knows that Basil is ____________________.

5. "Maybe it just _____________ like a heavy load."

(see the answer key)

This section contains 195 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample