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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Ciel go after Serena's death?
(a) The funeral home
(b) The hospital
(c) Church
(d) Her mother's house

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

4. What do unrealized dreams become for women?
(a) Memories
(b) Bad karma
(c) Depression
(d) Anger

5. What is Lorraine afraid of if people find out she is a lesbian?
(a) Alienating her parents
(b) Losing her apartment
(c) Verbal harrassment
(d) Losing her teaching job

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

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

8. What act of comfort does Mattie provide for Ciel?
(a) A warm bath
(b) A cup of tea
(c) A massage
(d) A hot meal

9. What purpose does the Shakespeare play have for Cora Lee?
(a) An imaginary experience
(b) A lesson in tolerance
(c) A catalyst to change her life
(d) A pleasant evening out

10. Who is the one who helps Ciel recover from her grief?
(a) Eugene
(b) Etta
(c) Mattie
(d) Ben

11. Who does Kiswana see from her apartment window?
(a) Mattie
(b) Her mother
(c) Teenagers
(d) Ben

12. Where does Eugene say he is going for a job?
(a) Georgia
(b) Alabama
(c) Michigan
(d) Maine

13. What prevents the people of Brewster Place from congregating at the wall to discuss Ben's death?
(a) Police orders
(b) Unrelenting rain
(c) C.C. Baker
(d) Snowstorms

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mattie exasperated with Etta?

2. From what city does Ciel return to Brewster Place?

3. What does the end of the chapter reveal about the events taking place in this chapter?

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

5. Where does Mattie invite Etta to go with her?

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