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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the demographic of the area where Brewster Place is located?
(a) All Hispanic
(b) All black
(c) All white
(d) Segregated, multi-racial

2. What is the subject of the Opening Poem?
(a) A dream
(b) A betrayal
(c) A wish
(d) A disappointment

3. What is the nationality of people now moving into the neighborhood?
(a) Mediterranean
(b) Asian
(c) Spanish
(d) English

4. From where did many of these new tenants migrate?
(a) The South
(b) Texas
(c) Washington
(d) California

5. About what did Ben mumble?
(a) The price of wine
(b) The political process
(c) An unfaithful wife and lame daughter
(d) Taxes

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the literary elements that the author uses throughout the book?

2. "Maybe it just _____________ like a heavy load."

3. "Does it dry up like ____________________?"

4. The people of Brewster Place could be called a _________________.

5. Who is the author of this book?

(see the answer key)

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