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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Mattie lightly chide Cora Lee?
(a) Stop making babies
(b) Cutting her hair
(c) Taking voice lessons
(d) Learning to cook

2. Which of the following best describes Kiswana Browne?
(a) Depressed
(b) Sullen
(c) Imaginative
(d) Fatalistic

3. What object do the women pass around the table until someone throws it onto the street?
(a) An eviction notice
(b) A dirty hot dog
(c) A stale loaf of bread
(d) A bloody brick

4. To what does Theresa attribute Lorraine's new assertiveness?
(a) Psychiatrist visits
(b) Assertiveness training
(c) Attention from a man
(d) Spending time with Ben

5. Who is the most outspoken person at Brewster Place against Lorraine and Theresa?
(a) Etta
(b) Kiswana
(c) Mattie
(d) Sophie

6. What is the state of Brewster Place?
(a) It has been turned into a rec center
(b) It still waits to die
(c) It has been bulldozed
(d) It is being remodeled

7. Which of the following has not torn away the last generation of children from Brewster Place?
(a) Eviction notices
(b) Court orders
(c) Community development
(d) No heat

8. What does Kiswana realize about her mother's physical appearance?
(a) She has colored her hair
(b) She has her toenails polished
(c) She has lost weight
(d) She has pierced ears

9. With which of the following items do the women not chip away the brick wall?
(a) Knives
(b) Rake
(c) Bare hands
(d) Shoe heels

10. Who is Ciel?
(a) Ben's mother
(b) Etta's sister
(c) The woman who lives with Eugene
(d) Mattie's daughter

11. Where does Kiswana take Cora Lee and her children?
(a) McDonald's
(b) A Shakespeare play in the park
(c) Church
(d) An amusement park

12. What does the person in #122 ask Ben?
(a) If he wants to go to a ballgame
(b) If he wants to play poker
(c) If he will fix his sink
(d) If he is going to the funeral

13. Which of the following is not one of the odors wiped away when a street dies?
(a) Caring
(b) Jealousy
(c) Hope
(d) Lust

14. What does the end of the chapter reveal about the events taking place in this chapter?
(a) Ben is not really dead
(b) It has all been a dream of Mattie's
(c) Cora Lee has made everything up
(d) Basil has been shot and killed

15. What is the profession of Kiswana's parents?
(a) Doctors
(b) Pharmaceutical reps
(c) Real estate sales
(d) Attorneys

Short Answer Questions

1. Cora Lee's father declares that there will be no more baby dolls when Cora Lee turns ____________.

2. Who is the one who helps Ciel recover from her grief?

3. What act of comfort does Mattie provide for Ciel?

4. Who will serve as Cora Lee's mentor now?

5. The women realize that the fluid on the bricks is ___________ not blood.

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