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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Kiswana's mother especially exasperated with her?
(a) She will not visit more often
(b) She is not married
(c) She does not have a phone
(d) She wil not go to school

2. A line from a song in this chapter says, "______________ cries when a street dies."
(a) No one
(b) A woman
(c) Everyone
(d) A baby

3. What do the children of Brewster Place take with them when they leave?
(a) The clothes on their backs
(b) Dreams
(c) Bricks
(d) Bad memories

4. According to Etta, "All the good men are either dead or _______________________."
(a) gay
(b) waiting to be born
(c) priests
(d) married to someone else

5. Who does Etta set her sights on at the event?
(a) A dance instructor
(b) A film star
(c) A policeman
(d) A visiting minister

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

7. What does Cora Lee give to Theresa to throw?
(a) A brick
(b) A ball
(c) A can of Coke
(d) A rock

8. What does Etta call her relationships with men?
(a) Last chances
(b) Bane of her existence
(c) Business opportunities
(d) A thrill a minute

9. What is Maggie's nickname for Etta?
(a) Tut
(b) Oughta
(c) Jetta
(d) Edible

10. 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

11. Who visits Ben on this morning?
(a) Etta
(b) Eugene
(c) Ciel
(d) Mattie

12. What social event occurs at Brewster Place shortly after Ben's death?
(a) A spaghetti dinner
(b) An ice cream social
(c) A block party
(d) A fish fry

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

14. Which of the following is not necessarily part of a bouquet of a person's life?
(a) A willingness to accept and give love
(b) What a person has known
(c) Position in the family
(d) The choices a person makes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has it been raining continuously?

2. What does Cora Lee refer to as "the thing in the dark"?

3. Why does Kiswana's mother think Kiswana does not belong in Brewster Place?

4. What does Ben call his "morning sun"?

5. Which of the following is not a reaction when a dream dies?

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