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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mattie tell Etta that Etta needs?
(a) A good job
(b) A husband
(c) A facelift
(d) A bigger house

2. What had Lorraine's father done when he found out Lorraine is a lesbian?
(a) Quit going to church
(b) Kicked her out of the house
(c) Cut her out of his will
(d) Beat her severely

3. Which character returns to Mattie's life in Chapter 3?
(a) Julia Johnson
(b) Etta Mae Johnson
(c) Marlon Michaels
(d) Sophie Williams

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

5. What does the character in #97 carry under her arms?
(a) Music albums
(b) A bundle of clothes
(c) A bunch of flowers
(d) Newspapers

6. What food has been prepared from Ciel's grandmother's recipe?
(a) Manicotti
(b) Strawberry cheesecake
(c) Chocolate cake
(d) Angel Food Cake

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

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

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

10. What does Ciel think about her baby?
(a) She thinks she looks like Eugene
(b) She is the most beautiful thing she has ever seen
(c) She worries about her future
(d) She is the only thing she has ever loved without pain

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

12. What physical characteristic does Ben's daughter have?
(a) A twisted foot
(b) A cauliflower ear
(c) A cleft palate
(d) A hair lip

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

14. What will happen to the women of Brewster Place?
(a) They will move out willingly
(b) They will move to another neighborhood
(c) They will fight to keep their home
(d) They will build another complex

15. What does Kiswana accuse her mother of being?
(a) A drug addict
(b) A white man's nigger
(c) An inspiration
(d) A poor excuse for a mother

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the state of Brewster Place?

2. What do the women of Brewster Place learn about the women in question #145?

3. What does Kiswana's mother leave behind when she goes?

4. What are Etta's intentions for the man she meets at church?

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

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