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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. What bites Basil's cheek one night?
(a) A mosquito
(b) A child
(c) A rat
(d) A dog

2. Mattie notes that her son is looking just like whom?
(a) Mattie
(b) Butch
(c) Mattie's father
(d) Fred

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

4. What does Mattie's father do to her to coerce her to name the baby's father?
(a) Gives her money
(b) Bribes her with candy
(c) Threatens to disown her
(d) Beats her

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the subject of the Opening Poem?

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

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

5. What kind of company employs Mattie?

(see the answer key)

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