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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of Mrs. Cullinan's main problems?
(a) She is uneducated.
(b) She is an alcoholic.
(c) She is poor.
(d) She is black.

2. Why have many black children never seen a white person in Stamps?
(a) The blacks do not go in the white section of town.
(b) The white people abuse black children.
(c) Segregation is absolute.
(d) There are no white people in Stamps.

3. What does Bailey do in his hideaway?
(a) sleeps
(b) experiments with petting
(c) plays games with other boys
(d) reads

4. Who becomes Maya's first girlfriend?
(a) Susie Turner
(b) Millie Hanks
(c) Ruth Potter
(d) Louise Kendricks

5. Who is Reverend Howard Thomas?
(a) Momma's brother
(b) a presiding elder in the church
(c) the preacher on television
(d) Uncle Willie's friend

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dolores complain about when Maya and her father come in from the trip?

2. To what does Maya compare her grandmother's ability to calm Maya?

3. What do the preachers talk about in relationship to God and whites?

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

5. How does Maya get out of working for Mrs. Cullinan?

(see the answer key)

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