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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What separates Brewster Place from a new business district?
(a) Prejudice
(b) A wall
(c) A one-way street
(d) A high fence
2. Who is the author of this book?
(a) Harper Lee
(b) Gloria Naylor
(c) Oprah Winfrey
(d) Halle Berry
3. Who is the last grandchild of the person in #69?
(a) Lucielia
(b) Lu Ann
(c) Lori
(d) Lucinda
4. What does Mattie do when Miss Eva dies?
(a) Moves back home
(b) Leaves for Harlem
(c) Buys Miss Eva's house
(d) Has Miss Eva cremated
5. Why is Mattie angry at Miss Eva?
(a) For reading her mail
(b) For making her feel ashamed of loving her son so much
(c) For charging her too much rent
(d) For disciplining Basil
6. Where does Basil spend the next two weeks?
(a) Helping Mattie at her house
(b) At a halfway house
(c) In jail
(d) In a drug treatment center
7. "Maybe it just _____________ like a heavy load."
(a) sags
(b) weighs
(c) hangs
(d) lies
8. Of what does a cooking odor remind Mattie?
(a) BBQ ribs
(b) Sugar cane
(c) Fudge
(d) Spaghetti
9. The people of Brewster Place could be called a _________________.
(a) accident waiting to happen
(b) micro-society
(c) disaster
(d) community
10. Basil tells Mattie that he would make a good ____________.
(a) electrician
(b) writer
(c) teacher
(d) pimp
11. Where is Brewster place located?
(a) The country
(b) An upscale area
(c) A poor, worthless part of town
(d) The desert
12. Why does the author use these literary elements?
(a) To help the reader understand
(b) To make the book more entertaining
(c) To make the book more appealing to more people
(d) To make the book easier to read
13. "What happens to a dream ___________?"
(a) that dies
(b) deferred
(c) crushed
(d) realized
14. What is Brewster Place?
(a) A community center
(b) A series of tenement apartments
(c) A shopping center
(d) A boutique hotel
15. What is the subject of the Opening Poem?
(a) A disappointment
(b) A wish
(c) A betrayal
(d) A dream
Short Answer Questions
1. "Or crust over like ____________________?"
2. What does the Opening Poem tell the reader the book will be about?
3. How many husbands has the answer to #69 had?
4. In what state did Mattie grow up?
5. Why is Miss Eva scolding Mattie?
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