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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the neighbors ask the children about?
(a) their travels
(b) their grandmother Baxter
(c) their mother
(d) their schooling

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

3. What does she learn from the prejudice the blacks face in Stamps?
(a) how to get rich even with segregation
(b) how to hate whites
(c) how to love deeply
(d) the ability to be satisfied in spite of the inequities

4. What does Maya tell Joyce?
(a) to go to church with them
(b) not to come to the store
(c) not to talk to her brother
(d) not to confuse her brother

5. What happens to Joyce?
(a) She runs away with a soldier.
(b) She runs away with a doctor.
(c) She dies.
(d) She runs away with a railroad porter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Maya feel once she is back in Stamps?

3. With whom does Maya have adult conversations?

4. What are two things that interest the neighbors?

5. What does Maya's new stepfather do for work?

(see the answer key)

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