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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one of the literary elements that the author uses throughout the book?
(a) Poetry
(b) Documentaries
(c) Historical documents
(d) Newspaper articles

3. Who is the one who helps Ciel recover from her grief?
(a) Eugene
(b) Ben
(c) Mattie
(d) Etta

4. Who does Etta set her sights on at the event?
(a) A policeman
(b) A dance instructor
(c) A film star
(d) A visiting minister

5. Basil tells Mattie that he would make a good ____________.
(a) writer
(b) electrician
(c) pimp
(d) teacher

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the attorney tell Mattie?

2. What are Etta's intentions for the man she meets at church?

3. What is the nationality of people now moving into the neighborhood?

4. Who replaced the Mediterraneans when they moved out of Brewster Place?

5. What does Mattie's father consider her to be?

(see the answer key)

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