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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has Mattie's father called Butch?
(a) A no-'count ditch hound
(b) Good for nothin'
(c) Not fit for decent company
(d) An idiot

3. What has Miss Eva still not told Mattie after five years?
(a) What the rent is
(b) What her real name is
(c) How many children she has
(d) Why she murdered her second husband

4. "Or crust over like ____________________?"
(a) maple syrup
(b) maple candy
(c) caramel candy
(d) syrupy sweet

5. What does the author want the reader to understand?
(a) What she experienced as a girl
(b) What she is trying to convey about the characters
(c) What she hopes to achieve in life
(d) What she went through to write this book

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Miss Eva scolding Mattie?

2. What is the demographic of the area where Brewster Place is located?

3. What does Basil want from Mattie?

4. Mattie notes that her son is looking just like whom?

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

(see the answer key)

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