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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What separates Brewster Place from a new business district?
(a) Prejudice
(b) A one-way street
(c) A high fence
(d) A wall

2. What is the nationality of people now moving into the neighborhood?
(a) Spanish
(b) Asian
(c) Mediterranean
(d) English

3. Mattie is so angry she wants to ______________________.
(a) slap the old woman senseless
(b) spit in the old woman's freakish blue eyes
(c) shoot the old woman
(d) smother the old woman in her sleep

4. Miss Eva says men just do not agree with her like _______________.
(a) dairy products
(b) fried onions
(c) pizza
(d) tacos

5. What does Kiswana realize about her mother's physical appearance?
(a) She has pierced ears
(b) She has colored her hair
(c) She has lost weight
(d) She has her toenails polished

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mattie exasperated with Etta?

2. "Does it stink like _________________?"

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

4. "Or does it _____________?"

5. Who is the most outspoken person at Brewster Place against Lorraine and Theresa?

(see the answer key)

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