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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Maya and Bailey feel when they get Christmas presents from their parents?
(a) angry
(b) happy
(c) depressed
(d) grateful

2. 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 going to the movies
(d) by not reading that night

3. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?
(a) They are playing.
(b) His ex-wife is looking for him.
(c) The whites are looking for a black man.
(d) They do not want Bailey to know where he is.

4. What does Mrs. Flowers tell Maya about language?
(a) It does not matter how you talk.
(b) It is God's curse on humans.
(c) It is never clear what someone is saying.
(d) It is how man communicates.

5. What do the blacks in Stamps think of Mrs. Flowers?
(a) She is a loose woman.
(b) She is too white.
(c) She is the nobility.
(d) She is an Uncle Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Maya and Bailey dislike the Reverend Thomas?

2. Why does Maya want to go back to Stamps?

3. What does Maya admire about Momma?

4. What makes Maya proud to be black for the first time?

5. What does Maya decide to do after Mr. Freedman is stopped?

(see the answer key)

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