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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. "Does it stink like _________________?"
(a) a garbage pail
(b) a locker room
(c) old shoes
(d) rotten meat

2. Why does the author use these literary elements?
(a) To make the book more entertaining
(b) To make the book more appealing to more people
(c) To help the reader understand
(d) To make the book easier to read

3. What does Butch invite Mattie to do?
(a) Play baseball
(b) Go to the movies
(c) Go for a drive
(d) Pick herbs and sugar cane

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

5. What does Mattie's father do to her to coerce her to name the baby's father?
(a) Threatens to disown her
(b) Gives her money
(c) Beats her
(d) Bribes her with candy

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What fact does Mattie refuse to accept?

3. What does Basil want from Mattie?

4. Who is the story about?

5. Brewster Place was especially fond of its ________________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the personality characteristics of Brewster Place?

3. How does Basil symbolize most of the men encountered by the women of Brewster Place?

4. How does Cora Lee differ in her view of the necessity of having a man?

5. What is Mattie's legacy to generations of women who will come after her?

6. Who is Butch and why is Mattie so attracted to him?

7. Explain how Mattie's father is different from the other men in the story and how Mattie has absorbed some of his qualities.

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

9. What is the sadness of Mattie's life as far as Basil, the man, is concerned?

10. What is Brewster Place?

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