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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the demographic of the area where Brewster Place is located?
(a) All black
(b) All white
(c) Segregated, multi-racial
(d) All Hispanic

3. What does Cora Lee refer to as "the thing in the dark"?
(a) Monsters
(b) Sex
(c) Evil people
(d) Bad memories

4. What did Basil do to the police officer?
(a) Broke his wrist
(b) Shot him
(c) Punched him in the gut
(d) Kicked him

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What bites Basil's cheek one night?

2. What did the tenants know when they heard Ben singing this song?

3. Why does Mattie move into Brewster Place?

4. How many children does Cora Lee have now in Brewster Place?

5. Where does Kiswana take Cora Lee and her children?

(see the answer key)

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