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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Bailey late getting home one Saturday?
(a) He gets drunk on alcohol.
(b) He is beaten by white boys.
(c) He goes to a movie.
(d) He gets lost in the city.

2. Where, according to the author, can childhood questions be answered?
(a) by their parents
(b) in the town in which the child grew up
(c) by reading about childhood
(d) by their mother

3. What does Maya admire about Bailey?
(a) He can finish all his chores and homework and still read more.
(b) He is much taller than she.
(c) He beats up anyone who gives him a hard time.
(d) He knows how to steal from the white people.

4. Where does Maya say a person's values and opinions are formed?
(a) in school
(b) where the person grew up
(c) on the job
(d) in church

5. What do the people at graduation sing after the valedictorian's speech?
(a) the national anthem
(b) It's a Hard, Hard World
(c) the Negro National Anthem
(d) Amazing Grace

Short Answer Questions

1. How does life for the blacks in Stamps change following the fight?

2. How do Momma and Willie see Momma's confrontation with the dentist?

3. Who wins the fight between the black boxer and the white?

4. What does Momma give Maya for graduation?

5. How does Bailey feel about the neighbors questions?

(see the answer key)

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