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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old is Basil as the chapter ends?
(a) 13
(b) 18
(c) 23
(d) 30
2. About what did Ben mumble?
(a) The political process
(b) Taxes
(c) An unfaithful wife and lame daughter
(d) The price of wine
3. The people of Brewster Place could be called a _________________.
(a) micro-society
(b) community
(c) accident waiting to happen
(d) disaster
4. What serious illness did Mattie have when she was little?
(a) Swine Flu
(b) Scarlet Fever
(c) Diabetes
(d) Malaria
5. The new tenants "clung to the _______________ with a desperate acceptance."
(a) culture
(b) building
(c) religion
(d) streets
6. What is the nationality of people now moving into the neighborhood?
(a) Mediterranean
(b) English
(c) Spanish
(d) Asian
7. What was Mattie doing when Butch Fuller flirted with her as a girl?
(a) Feeding the chickens
(b) Washing the car
(c) Hanging out the laundry
(d) Planting flowers
8. The women of Brewster Place came, went and ______________________.
(a) came back again
(b) never returned
(c) never looked back
(d) grew old beyond their years
9. Who is the last grandchild of the person in #69?
(a) Lucinda
(b) Lori
(c) Lu Ann
(d) Lucielia
10. Mattie is so angry she wants to ______________________.
(a) smother the old woman in her sleep
(b) spit in the old woman's freakish blue eyes
(c) slap the old woman senseless
(d) shoot the old woman
11. Where does Basil live at the end of the chapter?
(a) In Mattie's house
(b) In a dorm
(c) In a condo
(d) In an apartment complex
12. What is the demographic of the area where Brewster Place is located?
(a) All black
(b) Segregated, multi-racial
(c) All white
(d) All Hispanic
13. What did the tenants know when they heard Ben singing this song?
(a) He would dance all over the complex
(b) He would be in a really good mood
(c) It was useless to try to get him to fix anything at this point
(d) He would get really depressed
14. Who is the author of this book?
(a) Harper Lee
(b) Halle Berry
(c) Gloria Naylor
(d) Oprah Winfrey
15. Which of the following distinctive characteristics did this new group not have?
(a) Codes
(b) Foods
(c) Smells
(d) Religion
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mattie's father consider her to be?
2. Why is Mattie's father not speaking to her?
3. "Or fester ________________ and then run?"
4. Basil tells Mattie that he would make a good ____________.
5. What does Mattie notice about her apartment?
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