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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does her mother tell Maya about cutting school?
(a) She can quit school if she wants.
(b) She is not supposed to cut classes.
(c) She can transfer to another school.
(d) If her work is caught up, she can skip.

2. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?
(a) The whites are looking for a black man.
(b) His ex-wife is looking for him.
(c) They are playing.
(d) They do not want Bailey to know where he is.

3. What do the black women do for the yearly gathering in Stamps?
(a) sew costumes
(b) dance
(c) bake
(d) babysit

4. Why do Maya and Bailey dislike the Reverend Thomas?
(a) He smells funny.
(b) He preaches too long.
(c) He pinches them on the cheek.
(d) He never remembers their names.

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. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?

2. What convinces Maya as she is leaving that Mrs. Cullinan now knows her name?

3. Why have many black children never seen a white person in Stamps?

4. How is racism practiced in San Francisco?

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

(see the answer key)

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