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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 poor excuse for a mother
(c) A white man's nigger
(d) An inspiration

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

3. What does Ciel think about her baby?
(a) She is the only thing she has ever loved without pain
(b) She is the most beautiful thing she has ever seen
(c) She thinks she looks like Eugene
(d) She worries about her future

4. What does the character in #97 carry under her arms?
(a) A bundle of clothes
(b) Music albums
(c) A bunch of flowers
(d) Newspapers

5. The thought of _________________ convinces Mattie to go with Butch.
(a) defying her mother
(b) kissing Butch
(c) fresh cane molasses
(d) fresh herbs for dinner

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Mattie not tell her father about her unborn child?

2. The author challenges the reader to think in terms of ________________ when encountering the women's stories.

3. What does Mattie tell her father about the father of her unborn child?

4. What does the attorney tell Mattie?

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

(see the answer key)

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