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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object do the women pass around the table until someone throws it onto the street?
(a) A dirty hot dog
(b) A bloody brick
(c) A stale loaf of bread
(d) An eviction notice

2. What does Basil want from Mattie?
(a) A new car
(b) A good meal
(c) Unconditional love
(d) Bail money

3. Which of the following best describes Kiswana Browne?
(a) Sullen
(b) Depressed
(c) Fatalistic
(d) Imaginative

4. The music of which recording artist is the background for Etta's story?
(a) Wynton Marsalis
(b) Etta James
(c) Miles Davis
(d) Billie Holiday

5. What does the attorney tell Mattie?
(a) Basil will go to prison for a long time
(b) He cannot take the case
(c) He needs more money to take the case
(d) Basil will probably be acquitted

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mattie find comfort in her life?

2. What food has been prepared from Ciel's grandmother's recipe?

3. Who visits Ben on this morning?

4. What was Mattie doing when Butch Fuller flirted with her as a girl?

5. Who does Kiswana see from her apartment window?

(see the answer key)

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