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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maya's new stepfather do for work?
(a) owns apartment buildings and pool halls
(b) basketball player
(c) janitor
(d) doctor

2. Who does Vivian marry after Maya has gone to live with her?
(a) no one
(b) Mr. Clidell
(c) Mr. William Hardy
(d) Malcom X

3. How does Maya feel once she is back in Stamps?
(a) excited
(b) anxious
(c) relaxed
(d) scared

4. What are two things that interest the neighbors?
(a) corn and tobacco
(b) elevators and white people
(c) farming and owning a store
(d) the military and war

5. What does Bailey do for Joyce?
(a) teaches her to write
(b) steals food for her
(c) teaches her to read
(d) teaches her about boys

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Maya have adult conversations?

2. What does she learn from the prejudice the blacks face in Stamps?

3. What does Maya say about her senses following her troubles with Mr. Freedman?

4. Where does Bailey build a hideaway?

5. What does her stepfather teach her about con men?

(see the answer key)

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