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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maya call the time she spends with Mrs. Flowers?
(a) her down time
(b) her quiet time
(c) her white people time
(d) her lessons in living

2. Why does Maya run away from the church in the Introduction?
(a) She wets herself.
(b) She hates the minister.
(c) She falls asleep in church.
(d) She is afraid of God.

3. How are the cotton pickers in the first chapter paid?
(a) by a company store credit
(b) by the weight of cotton they pick
(c) by the hour
(d) with food

4. What does Uncle Willie do to punish mistakes in math that Maya makes?
(a) slaps her on the head
(b) does not give her dinner
(c) touches her fingers to the stove
(d) sprays her with cold water

5. How does segregation affect the attitude of blacks towards whites?
(a) makes the blacks feel contempt towards the whites
(b) makes the blacks admire the whites
(c) makes the blacks pity the whites
(d) makes the blacks hate the whites

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya admire about Bailey?

2. What are two things that interest the neighbors?

3. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?

4. What does Maya hear all night when Uncle Willie is hiding?

5. What do the blacks in Stamps think of Mrs. Flowers?

(see the answer key)

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