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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a black person risking to speak to a white person, according to Momma?
(a) sounding stupid
(b) his or her life
(c) having to go to jail
(d) being made fun of

3. As a young child who is Maya's favorite author?
(a) Hemmingway
(b) Stewart
(c) Shakespeare
(d) Baldwin

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

5. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?
(a) with the other children
(b) the front row
(c) in the back
(d) in the choir loft

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maya call the time she spends with Mrs. Flowers?

3. What does Uncle Willie do to punish mistakes in math that Maya makes?

4. What happens to Mr. Freedman after court?

5. Who does Maya speak to finally after spending time with Mrs. Flowers?

(see the answer key)

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