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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Mr. Freedman after court?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He goes to jail for 20 years.
(c) Maya's uncles kill him.
(d) He rapes her again.

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

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

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

5. How did Uncle Willie become handicapped?
(a) beat up by a white gang
(b) hit by a car
(c) dropped as a baby
(d) born with it

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maya's mother by profession?

2. What is a black person risking to speak to a white person, according to Momma?

3. Where do the children go when they leave Stamps?

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

5. How does Maya see living in St. Louis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are black girls supposed to learn in Stamps and how do they learn it?

2. Why do people stay at Momma's after the fight?

3. Describe how Uncle Willie feels about his handicap?

4. What does the children's father do when he takes them from Stamps?

5. What does Maya say about childhood questions?

6. Why are people gathered at the store in Chapter 19 and why are the children excited?

7. Why is Saturday important to Maya?

8. How do blacks in Stamps view white people and money?

9. How does Maya see Mrs. Flowers and how does she feel about her?

10. How do the black church goers feel about the whites?

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