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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Mattie exasperated with Etta?
(a) She has wrecked her car again
(b) She makes a date with the traveling minister
(c) She will not look for a job
(d) She will not pay her part of the utilities

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

4. Mattie says that she has loved some women deeper than she has loved ________________.
(a) her religion
(b) her parents
(c) her child
(d) any man

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Whose funeral is Eugene going to attend?
(a) His baby daughter's
(b) His mother's
(c) His ex-wife's
(d) His best friend's

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

14. Who are the two women that the other women in Brewster Place are suspicious of?
(a) Mattie and Etta
(b) Lorraine and Theresa
(c) Mattie and Ciel
(d) Kiswana and Cora Lee

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do unrealized dreams become for women?

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

3. Which of the following is not necessarily part of a bouquet of a person's life?

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

5. Which people learn best how not to place hope on deferred dreams?

(see the answer keys)

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