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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maya call the time she spends with Mrs. Flowers?
(a) her white people time
(b) her down time
(c) her quiet time
(d) her lessons in living

2. What do the blacks ask in regard to the whites and judgment?
(a) When is it going to happen?
(b) Will the poor get to see the judgment?
(c) Will rich blacks be included?
(d) How bad is it going to be?

3. What convinces Maya as she is leaving that Mrs. Cullinan now knows her name?
(a) She leaves it written on the table.
(b) Mrs. Cullinan screams at her.
(c) She sends a letter to Mrs. Cullinan.
(d) Glory tells Mrs. Cullinan.

4. What does Mr. Freedman order Maya to do?
(a) walk his dog
(b) read a book
(c) go to school
(d) take off her clothes

5. What does Maya see between the preachers during the revival that she has never seen before?
(a) competition
(b) cooperation
(c) indifference
(d) anger

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

7. What does Maya do with her panties after Mr. Freedman attacks her?
(a) show them to her mother
(b) throws them away
(c) burns them
(d) hides them

8. What does Maya admire about Momma?
(a) her intelligence
(b) her wealth
(c) her strength and power
(d) her beauty

9. Why does Maya keep quiet about Mr. Freedman's rape of her?
(a) She is afraid of the police.
(b) She is afraid of her mother.
(c) She is afraid he will kill Bailey.
(d) She is afraid he will kill the dog.

10. How does Maya punish herself when she does not measure flour correctly?
(a) by cleaning the kitchen
(b) by not going to the movies
(c) by not reading that night
(d) by not eating sweets

11. What does Joyce do that confuses Bailey?
(a) tells him to open his pants
(b) tells him about sex
(c) tells him he needs to grow up
(d) tells him she is a lesbian

12. How does Maya imagine herself when she is very young?
(a) as a white man
(b) as a woman wearing furs and diamonds
(c) as a blonde with blue eyes
(d) as a super black model

13. How does segregation affect the attitude of blacks towards whites?
(a) makes the blacks admire the whites
(b) makes the blacks pity the whites
(c) makes the blacks hate the whites
(d) makes the blacks feel contempt towards the whites

14. What does Grandma Baxter do?
(a) She is a singer.
(b) She is a precinct captain.
(c) She is a school teacher.
(d) She is a dancer.

15. What is the biggest gathering of the year in Stamps for black people?
(a) Fourth of July
(b) Memorial day
(c) Summer fish fry
(d) Labor day

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the black women do for the yearly gathering in Stamps?

2. Where does Maya say a person's values and opinions are formed?

3. What does Maya admire about Bailey?

4. What happens to Maya and Bailey after the incident with Mr. Freedman?

5. How many times has Momma been married?

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