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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do some people who live farther away stay at Momma's after the fight?
(a) fear of repercussions from white men
(b) to join a celebration
(c) to make money on boarding them
(d) they were too tired to walk home

2. Why does Maya drive the car back to Calexico?
(a) Her father takes off for South America.
(b) she does not drive the car because she is too young.
(c) Her father is drunk.
(d) Her father is sick.

3. Who gives the children peanut patties?
(a) Mrs. Flowers
(b) Momma
(c) The owner of the candy store
(d) Uncle Willie

4. What does Maya think of Mrs. Flowers?
(a) She is mean.
(b) She is the ideal human being.
(c) She is too nosy.
(d) She is too educated.

5. 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 their mother
(d) by reading about childhood

Short Answer Questions

1. When Louis goes down temporarily how does it feel to the blacks?

2. What happens to Maya's Japanese neighbors during the war?

3. What is Maya's rank in her graduating class?

4. Why does Maya give Bailey a dime?

5. What does Mr. Taylor say about his dead wife and children?

(see the answer key)

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