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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. To what city does Mattie travel?
(a) Asheville, North Carolina
(b) Beaufort, South Carolina
(c) Eastman, Georgia
(d) Clayton, Georgia

2. "Does it dry up like ____________________?"
(a) yesterday's meat loaf
(b) the desert
(c) a raisin in the sun
(d) affections

3. What is the nationality of people now moving into the neighborhood?
(a) Asian
(b) Mediterranean
(c) Spanish
(d) English

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

5. Mattie's father's love for her was _____________.
(a) painful
(b) legendary
(c) unfulfilling
(d) sporadic

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mattie's father do to her to coerce her to name the baby's father?

2. What separates Brewster Place from a new business district?

3. Miss Eva says men just do not agree with her like _______________.

4. Who is the author of the Opening Poem?

5. The hopes for Brewster Place lie in _________________________ of the city.

Short Essay Questions

1. What life lessons is the author imparting through Mattie, Miss Eva and Etta at this point of the story?

2. According to the author, what happens when a dream dies?

3. How does the theme of learning to be happy with what you have exhibit in Kiswana's life?

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

5. What is Brewster Place?

6. Who is the first black man to move into Brewster Place?

7. What can the tenants tell from Ben's singing?

8. Compare and contrast Mattie and Basil.

9. Compare and contrast Etta and Mattie.

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

(see the answer keys)

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