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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mattie notes that her son is looking just like whom?
(a) Mattie
(b) Butch
(c) Fred
(d) Mattie's father

3. What will Mattie not tell her father about her unborn child?
(a) Names she has picked out
(b) The due date
(c) The sex of the child
(d) The name of the father

4. What does Mattie tell her father about the father of her unborn child?
(a) It is not Eddie's baby
(b) It is not Fred's baby
(c) It is not Marlon's baby
(d) It is not Butch's baby

5. Why does Mattie move into Brewster Place?
(a) She wants a smaller place
(b) She needs to be around people
(c) She needs assisted living
(d) She lost her home to a bail bondsman

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mattie notice about her apartment?

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

3. "Or crust over like ____________________?"

4. What is another literary element that the author uses throughout the book?

5. What does Mattie do for Basil this evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reason the author uses these literary elements throughout the book?

2. What literary elements does the author use throughout the book?

3. How is Mattie's character just like her father as she grows up?

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

5. Who is Etta Mae Johnson?

6. What is Miss Eva's role in Mattie's life?

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

8. What is Cora Lee's background?

9. How does Mattie become the voice of what is right and fair when the other women are antagonistic toward Theresa and Lorraine?

10. Cite instances that support the theme of mentoring women in the book.

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