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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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 build another complex
(d) They will fight to keep their home

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

7. Who is Ciel?
(a) Ben's mother
(b) Etta's sister
(c) The woman who lives with Eugene
(d) Mattie's daughter

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

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

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

11. What do the women need as help in building healthy foundations for their children?
(a) A trust fund
(b) A good job
(c) A rent-controlled apartment
(d) The strength of men

12. What does Mattie realize when she wakes up?
(a) She is late for church
(b) She is sleeping much more lately
(c) It is too early to get up
(d) People are setting up for a block party

13. What is the best way to have a good life?
(a) Make as much money as possible
(b) Get a very big house
(c) Find a way to be happy with what you have
(d) Travel all over the world

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose does the Shakespeare play have for Cora Lee?

2. Mattie says that she has loved some women deeper than she has loved ________________.

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

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

5. For how long has it been raining continuously?

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