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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Bailey build a hideaway?
(a) in the woods
(b) behind the store
(c) at a friend's house
(d) down by the creek

3. With whom does Maya have adult conversations?
(a) her stepfather
(b) her grandmother
(c) college graduates that board with her mother
(d) students in school

4. Who, according to blacks, is successful in spite of the oppression of white people?
(a) teachers in black schools
(b) the hero in the ghetto
(c) Malcom X
(d) black doctors

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Vivian marry after Maya has gone to live with her?

2. What does Joyce do that confuses Bailey?

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

4. What does the author say determines the ethics of the people?

5. How does Bailey feel about the neighbors questions?

(see the answer key)

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