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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Opening Poem tell the reader the book will be about?
(a) World peace
(b) Dreams unrealized
(c) Marriage and divorce
(d) Guilty pleasures

2. From where did many of these new tenants migrate?
(a) California
(b) The South
(c) Washington
(d) Texas

3. What is one of the literary elements that the author uses throughout the book?
(a) Documentaries
(b) Historical documents
(c) Poetry
(d) Newspaper articles

4. What did the tenants know when they heard Ben singing this song?
(a) It was useless to try to get him to fix anything at this point
(b) He would dance all over the complex
(c) He would get really depressed
(d) He would be in a really good mood

5. Which of the following does not describe the black women of Brewster Place?
(a) Easily pleased
(b) Hard-edged
(c) Brutally demanding
(d) Arrogant

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Brewster Place?

4. What is the subject of the Opening Poem?

5. "Or does it _____________?"

(see the answer key)

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