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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mattie do when Miss Eva dies?

2. Which of the following distinctive characteristics did this new group not have?

3. In what state did Mattie grow up?

4. What fact does Mattie refuse to accept?

5. Who is the last grandchild of the person in #69?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the metaphor that the author uses to describe Butch.

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

3. Explain Mattie's perspective on Basil's life and her responsibility for him.

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

5. Compare and contrast Etta and Mattie.

6. Explain Kiswana's situation and how it contrasts with her family background.

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

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

9. What is the sadness of Mattie's life as far as Basil, the man, is concerned?

10. Explain how Mattie is the perfect example of making the best of what you have been given in life.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the irony in the friendship between Ben and Lorraine. Why is his death at her hand especially tragic and ironic?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Mattie. What is her physical appearance. What emotional traits does she have? Why does she become the matriarch for the women of Brewster Place?

Essay Topic 3

Even though Butch does not have noble intentions with Mattie, he is at least honest about it. Do you think this was appealing to Mattie? Is Butch very different from the other men in the story in this way? Explain.

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