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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mattie notes that her son is looking just like whom?
(a) Mattie's father
(b) Butch
(c) Fred
(d) Mattie

3. What serious illness did Mattie have when she was little?
(a) Malaria
(b) Swine Flu
(c) Scarlet Fever
(d) Diabetes

4. What did Basil do to the police officer?
(a) Punched him in the gut
(b) Kicked him
(c) Shot him
(d) Broke his wrist

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

6. What is the subject of the Opening Poem?
(a) A betrayal
(b) A wish
(c) A dream
(d) A disappointment

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

8. Why is Mattie angry at Miss Eva?
(a) For disciplining Basil
(b) For reading her mail
(c) For charging her too much rent
(d) For making her feel ashamed of loving her son so much

9. Of what does a cooking odor remind Mattie?
(a) Fudge
(b) Spaghetti
(c) Sugar cane
(d) BBQ ribs

10. The hopes for Brewster Place lie in _________________________ of the city.
(a) propserous growth
(b) a government edict
(c) a last resort
(d) eternal optimism

11. What does Mattie's father want the answer to #55 to do?
(a) Marry Mattie
(b) Pay for an abortion
(c) Move into their house
(d) Repent for his sins

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

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

14. 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

15. Who do Mattie and Butch encounter on the road to the field?
(a) Mattie's father
(b) The church deacon
(c) Butch's mother
(d) The mayor

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following distinctive characteristics did this new group not have?

2. Who is the story about?

3. What does Mattie tell her father about the father of her unborn child?

4. From where did many of these new tenants migrate?

5. The author challenges the reader to think in terms of ________________ when encountering the women's stories.

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