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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The women of Brewster Place came, went and ______________________.
(a) never looked back
(b) never returned
(c) grew old beyond their years
(d) came back again

2. Where does Basil spend the next two weeks?
(a) At a halfway house
(b) In a drug treatment center
(c) Helping Mattie at her house
(d) In jail

3. Who does Mattie go to visit a week later?
(a) Butch's cousin, Emma
(b) The church deacon
(c) Her grandmother
(d) Her friend, Etta

4. What did Mattie's father do when she was sick?
(a) Took her to the clinic
(b) Sat with her for 24 hours a day for a week
(c) Took her to the emergency room
(d) Made herbal tea for her

5. Why is Mattie's father not speaking to her?
(a) She is pregnant
(b) She quit school
(c) She cursed at him
(d) She stopped going to church

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another literary element that the author uses throughout the book?

2. Where does Mattie's friend move for some excitement in her life?

3. "Or crust over like ____________________?"

4. What does Mattie name her newborn son?

5. "Or does it _____________?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the topic of the Opening Poem.

2. Compare and contrast Mattie and Basil.

3. Ciel has so much love to give but she places it in the hands of the wrong man. Explain Ciel's unfortunate choices while looking for love.

4. Explain how Basil is a product of his upbringing even though Mattie thought she was raising him the right way.

5. What theme of the book does Mattie embody?

6. How does Theresa finally realize that she is part of the women of Brewster Place in spite of the differences people tried to create?

7. What is Mattie's legacy to generations of women who will come after her?

8. How does the author choose to open the book?

9. How does the author use Ciel's life to show the theme of babies as hope for a new generation?

10. Who is Butch and why is Mattie so attracted to him?

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