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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why is Miss Eva scolding Mattie?
(a) For gaining too much weight
(b) For not getting a better job
(c) For not watching Basil
(d) For not looking for a husband

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

5. Where does Basil live at the end of the chapter?
(a) In a condo
(b) In a dorm
(c) In Mattie's house
(d) In an apartment complex

6. Why does Mattie move into Brewster Place?
(a) She needs to be around people
(b) She needs assisted living
(c) She wants a smaller place
(d) She lost her home to a bail bondsman

7. What does Mattie do for Basil this evening?
(a) Mends his shirts
(b) Cooks dinner
(c) Irons his clothes
(d) Cleans his room

8. "Or does it _____________?"
(a) swirl
(b) implode
(c) explode
(d) wither

9. About what did Ben mumble?
(a) An unfaithful wife and lame daughter
(b) Taxes
(c) The political process
(d) The price of wine

10. What does Basil tell Mattie during this time?
(a) That man deserved to die
(b) He has a terminal illness
(c) She is the best mother on the planet
(d) He cannot face going to jail

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

12. Where does Basil spend the next two weeks?
(a) Helping Mattie at her house
(b) In jail
(c) In a drug treatment center
(d) At a halfway house

13. What does the attorney advise Mattie regarding Basil's bail?
(a) Don't pay it
(b) Make Basil pay it
(c) Negotiate the amount
(d) Pay it immediately

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Mattie brought with her from her last house?

2. Where does Mattie's friend move for some excitement in her life?

3. The women of Brewster Place came, went and ______________________.

4. Where does Mattie find comfort in her life?

5. How old is Basil at the beginning of this chapter?

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