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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mattie realize when she wakes up?
(a) She is late for church
(b) It is too early to get up
(c) She is sleeping much more lately
(d) People are setting up for a block party

2. What reminds Kiswana about her boyfriend's lovemaking?
(a) Her rumpled sheets
(b) Her record albums
(c) Her toenail polish
(d) Dirty wine glasses

3. Who helps to calm Lorraine down after the Brewster Place tenants' meeting?
(a) Theresa
(b) Mattie
(c) Cora Lee
(d) Ben

4. What is the main motivation in Cora Lee's life?
(a) A good job
(b) A husband
(c) A better apartment
(d) Babies

5. What did Cora Lee love as a child?
(a) Baby dolls
(b) Rainbows
(c) Puppies
(d) New dresses

6. Who does Lorraine encounter when walking home from a party?
(a) Sophie
(b) Ben
(c) C.C. Baker and his gang
(d) Cora Lee

7. What does the character in #97 carry under her arms?
(a) A bunch of flowers
(b) Newspapers
(c) A bundle of clothes
(d) Music albums

8. Who is the one who helps Ciel recover from her grief?
(a) Ben
(b) Etta
(c) Eugene
(d) Mattie

9. The women realize that the fluid on the bricks is ___________ not blood.
(a) Motor oil
(b) rain
(c) Ketchup
(d) Coca-Cola

10. Which of the following is not necessarily part of a bouquet of a person's life?
(a) The choices a person makes
(b) A willingness to accept and give love
(c) Position in the family
(d) What a person has known

11. How does Serena die?
(a) Heart disease
(b) Drowning in the bathtub
(c) Injuries in a car accident
(d) Putting a fork in an electrical outlet

12. The music of which recording artist is the background for Etta's story?
(a) Miles Davis
(b) Etta James
(c) Wynton Marsalis
(d) Billie Holiday

13. What does Kiswana find Cora Lee's son, Sammy, doing?
(a) Playing in the street
(b) Playing with matches
(c) Eating out of the garbage cans
(d) Running with scissors

14. What do unrealized dreams become for women?
(a) Depression
(b) Memories
(c) Bad karma
(d) Anger

15. What social event occurs at Brewster Place shortly after Ben's death?
(a) A spaghetti dinner
(b) A fish fry
(c) An ice cream social
(d) A block party

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of vehicle does the character in #97 arrive in at Brewster Place?

2. What does Ciel think about her baby?

3. What does Kiswana's mother think Kiswana is doing instead of looking for a job?

4. Where does Kiswana take Cora Lee and her children?

5. What is Lorraine afraid of if people find out she is a lesbian?

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