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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 runs away with a railroad porter.
(b) She dies.
(c) She runs away with a doctor.
(d) She runs away with a soldier.

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

3. What does her stepfather teach her about con men?
(a) to stay away from them
(b) how to spot them
(c) how to con them
(d) how to join them

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Maya have adult conversations?

3. What do the neighbors ask the children about?

4. What does Maya tell Joyce?

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

(see the answer key)

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