3. What does the Opening Poem tell the reader the book will be about?
(a) World peace
(b) Dreams unrealized
(c) Guilty pleasures
(d) Marriage and divorce

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

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

6. Brewster Place was especially fond of its ________________________.
(a) colored daughters
(b) family fun nights
(c) landscaping
(d) architecture

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

8. "Does it stink like _________________?"
(a) rotten meat
(b) old shoes
(c) a garbage pail
(d) a locker room

9. What did Mattie's father do when she was sick?
(a) Took her to the emergency room
(b) Took her to the clinic
(c) Made herbal tea for her
(d) Sat with her for 24 hours a day for a week

10. The new tenants "clung to the _______________ with a desperate acceptance."
(a) building
(b) religion
(c) culture
(d) streets

11. Why does the author use these literary elements?
(a) To make the book more appealing to more people
(b) To make the book easier to read
(c) To make the book more entertaining
(d) To help the reader understand

12. The thought of _________________ convinces Mattie to go with Butch.
(a) kissing Butch
(b) defying her mother
(c) fresh cane molasses
(d) fresh herbs for dinner

13. What is the demographic of the area where Brewster Place is located?
(a) All white
(b) Segregated, multi-racial
(c) All black
(d) All Hispanic

14. Where does Mattie's friend move for some excitement in her life?
(a) Las Vegas
(b) Los Angeles
(c) Harlem
(d) Charlotte

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