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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ben's occupation?
(a) Minister
(b) Milkman
(c) Policeman
(d) Maintenance man

2. "Or does it _____________?"
(a) explode
(b) swirl
(c) implode
(d) wither

3. What is Brewster Place?
(a) A community center
(b) A shopping center
(c) A series of tenement apartments
(d) A boutique hotel

4. "Or fester ________________ and then run?"
(a) like a sore
(b) like an insult
(c) forever
(d) for days

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of the Opening Poem?

3. Which of the following distinctive characteristics did this new group not have?

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

5. What did the tenants know when they heard Ben singing this song?

(see the answer key)

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