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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kiswana's mother think Kiswana does not belong in Brewster Place?
(a) She is too smart
(b) She will do drugs
(c) She is too young
(d) She is not poor

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

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

4. Who will Eugene not allow to watch Serena?
(a) Marge
(b) Etta
(c) Mattie
(d) Ben

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical characteristic does Ben's daughter have?

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

3. What is Mattie exasperated with Etta?

4. What object do the women pass around the table until someone throws it onto the street?

5. With which of the following items do the women not chip away the brick wall?

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