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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. "What happens to a dream ___________?"
(a) realized
(b) that dies
(c) crushed
(d) deferred

2. "Does it stink like _________________?"
(a) rotten meat
(b) a garbage pail
(c) old shoes
(d) a locker room

3. Who replaced the Mediterraneans when they moved out of Brewster Place?
(a) Hispanic families
(b) "Afric" children
(c) Asian families
(d) Irish families

4. Of what does a cooking odor remind Mattie?
(a) Sugar cane
(b) BBQ ribs
(c) Fudge
(d) Spaghetti

5. What has Mattie brought with her from her last house?
(a) Plastic ferns
(b) Silk flowers
(c) Garden decorations
(d) Houseplants

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mattie doing when Butch Fuller flirted with her as a girl?

2. What does Mattie carry as she and Butch walk to the field?

3. About what does Mattie secretly wonder?

4. How is the information about the characters to be presented?

5. Which of the following does not describe the black women of Brewster Place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cora Lee differ in her view of the necessity of having a man?

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

3. What is Brewster Place?

4. Has Kiswana let her daydreaming run to the extreme? Explain.

5. How does Basil symbolize most of the men encountered by the women of Brewster Place?

6. What is Cora Lee's background?

7. Explain how Butch's behavior with women foreshadows the lives of all the women to come in the story.

8. Explain Mattie's pain at the realization of Basil's cruelty toward her.

9. What theme of the book does Mattie embody?

10. What is Miss Eva's role in Mattie's life?

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