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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mattie's father consider her to be?
(a) A mistake
(b) His pride and joy
(c) A burden
(d) A bundle of contradictions

2. Which of the following items does Theresa not throw at Sophie across the air shaft?
(a) Onions
(b) Soda
(c) Peppers
(d) Eggs

3. What do the women of Brewster Place learn about the women in question #145?
(a) They are cousins
(b) They are sisters
(c) They are co-workers
(d) They are lesbians

4. How is the information about the characters to be presented?
(a) In bullet points
(b) In poems
(c) In long verse
(d) In individual stories

5. The people of Brewster Place could be called a _________________.
(a) accident waiting to happen
(b) micro-society
(c) community
(d) disaster

Short Answer Questions

1. Basil tells Mattie that he would make a good ____________.

2. What does Kiswana accuse her father and mother of doing?

3. What does Kiswana find Cora Lee's son, Sammy, doing?

4. What does the Opening Poem tell the reader the book will be about?

5. What serious illness did Mattie have when she was little?

(see the answer key)

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