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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the demographic of the area where Brewster Place is located?
(a) Segregated, multi-racial
(b) All white
(c) All black
(d) All Hispanic

3. What separates Brewster Place from a new business district?
(a) Prejudice
(b) A high fence
(c) A one-way street
(d) A wall

4. The women of Brewster Place came, went and ______________________.
(a) grew old beyond their years
(b) never returned
(c) came back again
(d) never looked back

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not describe the black women of Brewster Place?

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

3. "Or crust over like ____________________?"

4. What season is it when Mattie Michael moves into Brewster Place?

5. "What happens to a dream ___________?"

(see the answer key)

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