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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Kiswana realize about her mother's physical appearance?
(a) She has her toenails polished
(b) She has colored her hair
(c) She has lost weight
(d) She has pierced ears

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

10. Who does Lorraine encounter when walking home from a party?
(a) Ben
(b) Cora Lee
(c) Sophie
(d) C.C. Baker and his gang

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

12. Which of the following best describes Kiswana Browne?
(a) Sullen
(b) Fatalistic
(c) Depressed
(d) Imaginative

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

14. What type of vehicle does the character in #97 arrive in at Brewster Place?
(a) Cadillac
(b) Chevrolet
(c) VW
(d) Dodge

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kiswana's birth name?

2. What do unrealized dreams become for women?

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

4. What will happen to the women of Brewster Place?

5. What does Cora Lee believe to be the reason for her problems with caseworkers and other people?

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