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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do some white men do that makes Bailey so upset one night?
(a) They threaten to lynch him.
(b) They beat him.
(c) They threaten Maya.
(d) They make him carry the body of a black man.

3. What do Maya and her best friend call the language that they create?
(a) Tut
(b) Ugh
(c) Ameriring
(d) Lou

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maya do with the first Valentine she ever receives?

3. What does Maya find out about her parents when she receives Christmas presents from them?

4. Why is Maya uncomfortable about her new school in San Francisco?

5. What job does Vivian do for work?

(see the answer key)

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