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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of the Opening Poem?
(a) Gloria Naylor
(b) Langston Hughes
(c) Sylvia Plath
(d) Shel Silverstein

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

3. What serious illness did Mattie have when she was little?
(a) Scarlet Fever
(b) Malaria
(c) Swine Flu
(d) Diabetes

4. What is Brewster Place?
(a) A community center
(b) A shopping center
(c) A boutique hotel
(d) A series of tenement apartments

5. "Or does it _____________?"
(a) explode
(b) wither
(c) swirl
(d) implode

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Mattie's father called Butch?

2. Why does the author use these literary elements?

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

4. What does Mattie tell her father about the father of her unborn child?

5. What did the tenants know when they heard Ben singing this song?

(see the answer key)

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