I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Introduction | Chapter 1

1. How does Maya imagine herself when she is very young?

2. What does Maya think of her black skin?

3. Why does Maya run away from the church in the Introduction?

4. Why do Maya and her brother go to live with their grandmother in Stamps?

5. How are the cotton pickers in the first chapter paid?

6. Why do the cotton pickers complain at the end of the day?

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 2 | Chapter 3

1. What does Uncle Willie do to punish mistakes in math that Maya makes?

2. How did Uncle Willie become handicapped?

3. As a young child who is Maya's favorite author?

4. How does...
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