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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kiswana accuse her mother of being?
(a) A drug addict
(b) A white man's nigger
(c) A poor excuse for a mother
(d) An inspiration

2. Why does Mattie move into Brewster Place?
(a) She needs assisted living
(b) She needs to be around people
(c) She wants a smaller place
(d) She lost her home to a bail bondsman

3. What has Mattie brought with her from her last house?
(a) Garden decorations
(b) Plastic ferns
(c) Houseplants
(d) Silk flowers

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

5. Where does Mattie find comfort in her life?
(a) Church
(b) Food
(c) Music
(d) Motherhood

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mattie's friend move for some excitement in her life?

2. What does Mattie do when Miss Eva dies?

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

4. What does Mattie's father do to her to coerce her to name the baby's father?

5. What does the person in #122 ask Ben?

(see the answer key)

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