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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Maybe it just _____________ like a heavy load."
(a) sags
(b) weighs
(c) lies
(d) hangs

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

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(c) Historical documents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

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

5. Which of the following distinctive characteristics did this new group not have?
(a) Religion
(b) Foods
(c) Codes
(d) Smells

Short Answer Questions

1. The new tenants "clung to the _______________ with a desperate acceptance."

2. Where is Brewster place located?

3. From where did many of these new tenants migrate?

4. The women of Brewster Place came, went and ______________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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