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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Maybe it just _____________ like a heavy load."
(a) weighs
(b) lies
(c) sags
(d) hangs

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

3. How old is Basil as the chapter ends?
(a) 30
(b) 13
(c) 23
(d) 18

4. Why is Mattie's father not speaking to her?
(a) She stopped going to church
(b) She cursed at him
(c) She is pregnant
(d) She quit school

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

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

7. About what does Mattie secretly wonder?
(a) Why she does not miss a man in her bed
(b) What happened to Butch
(c) Miss Eva's husbands
(d) Evolution vs. Creation

8. What fact does Mattie refuse to accept?
(a) Basil murdered a woman
(b) Basil has returned to Butch
(c) Basil insulted the judge
(d) Basil has skipped bail

9. Who is the author of this book?
(a) Harper Lee
(b) Oprah Winfrey
(c) Gloria Naylor
(d) Halle Berry

10. What does Mattie do when Miss Eva dies?
(a) Has Miss Eva cremated
(b) Leaves for Harlem
(c) Moves back home
(d) Buys Miss Eva's house

11. What bites Basil's cheek one night?
(a) A mosquito
(b) A rat
(c) A dog
(d) A child

12. Where is Brewster place located?
(a) The country
(b) An upscale area
(c) The desert
(d) A poor, worthless part of town

13. How does Mattie's mother stop Mattie's father's rage?
(a) She fires a shotgun blast
(b) She calls the police
(c) She hits him with a frying pan
(d) She whacks him with a board

14. Who replaced the Mediterraneans when they moved out of Brewster Place?
(a) Hispanic families
(b) Asian families
(c) "Afric" children
(d) Irish families

15. What does Mattie's father do to her to coerce her to name the baby's father?
(a) Bribes her with candy
(b) Gives her money
(c) Beats her
(d) Threatens to disown her

Short Answer Questions

1. "Or fester ________________ and then run?"

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

3. Why is Mattie angry at Miss Eva?

4. Who is the last grandchild of the person in #69?

5. Mattie is so angry she wants to ______________________.

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