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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Maya speak to finally after spending time with Mrs. Flowers?
(a) her father
(b) her grandmother
(c) Uncle Willie
(d) Bailey

2. How does segregation affect the attitude of blacks towards whites?
(a) makes the blacks hate the whites
(b) makes the blacks pity the whites
(c) makes the blacks admire the whites
(d) makes the blacks feel contempt towards the whites

3. Who is Reverend Howard Thomas?
(a) a presiding elder in the church
(b) the preacher on television
(c) Uncle Willie's friend
(d) Momma's brother

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a black person risking to speak to a white person, according to Momma?

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

4. What does Maya hear all night when Uncle Willie is hiding?

5. What does Mr. Freedman order Maya to do?

(see the answer key)

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