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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is the information about the characters to be presented?
(a) In long verse
(b) In poems
(c) In individual stories
(d) In bullet points

3. About what did Ben mumble?
(a) The price of wine
(b) Taxes
(c) An unfaithful wife and lame daughter
(d) The political process

4. The people of Brewster Place could be called a _________________.
(a) accident waiting to happen
(b) community
(c) micro-society
(d) disaster

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Does it dry up like ____________________?"

2. What is the demographic of the area where Brewster Place is located?

3. What song does Ben sing when he is drinking?

4. What is the subject of the Opening Poem?

5. Why does the author use these literary elements?

(see the answer key)

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