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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ben call his "morning sun"?
(a) His daughter
(b) Cheap red wine
(c) His girlfriend
(d) His prayers

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

3. How does Serena die?
(a) Injuries in a car accident
(b) Putting a fork in an electrical outlet
(c) Heart disease
(d) Drowning in the bathtub

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

5. The music of which recording artist is the background for Etta's story?
(a) Billie Holiday
(b) Etta James
(c) Miles Davis
(d) Wynton Marsalis

6. What is Kiswana's birth name?
(a) Marianne
(b) Mimi
(c) Melanie
(d) Melody

7. What happens to Lorraine the night she walks home from the party?
(a) She is robbed
(b) She is shot
(c) She is gang raped
(d) She is run over by a cab

8. How many children does Cora Lee have now in Brewster Place?
(a) 7
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 2

9. Who will serve as Cora Lee's mentor now?
(a) Mattie
(b) Kiswana
(c) Etta
(d) Ben

10. For how long has it been raining continuously?
(a) Two weeks
(b) One month
(c) One week
(d) Five days

11. What are Etta's intentions for the man she meets at church?
(a) To pray with him
(b) To marry him
(c) To teach him the Bible
(d) To study with him

12. What does Cora Lee believe to be the reason for her problems with caseworkers and other people?
(a) Her children not behaving
(b) Her parents abandoning her
(c) Her boyfriends always leaving
(d) Her neighbors being nosy

13. The women realize that the fluid on the bricks is ___________ not blood.
(a) rain
(b) Motor oil
(c) Ketchup
(d) Coca-Cola

14. Why does Kiswana's mother think Kiswana does not belong in Brewster Place?
(a) She is too young
(b) She is too smart
(c) She will do drugs
(d) She is not poor

15. Who will Eugene not allow to watch Serena?
(a) Ben
(b) Mattie
(c) Etta
(d) Marge

Short Answer Questions

1. What food has been prepared from Ciel's grandmother's recipe?

2. What does the character in #97 carry under her arms?

3. Who are the two women that the other women in Brewster Place are suspicious of?

4. About what does Mattie lightly chide Cora Lee?

5. Who helps to calm Lorraine down after the Brewster Place tenants' meeting?

(see the answer keys)

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