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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maya call the time she spends with Mrs. Flowers?
(a) her lessons in living
(b) her white people time
(c) her down time
(d) her quiet time

2. What makes Maya proud to be black for the first time?
(a) Graduating from school
(b) Her Momma's store
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Mrs. Flowers

3. What does Maya tell her father about Dolores?
(a) She is very nice.
(b) She is pretty.
(c) She is awful.
(d) She is pretentious.

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

5. Where does Bailey build a hideaway?
(a) down by the creek
(b) behind the store
(c) at a friend's house
(d) in the woods

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far is Maya moved up when she starts school in San Francisco?

3. What does Dolores tell Maya's father about marriage?

4. Why does Maya drive the car back to Calexico?

5. What is Maya's rank in her graduating class?

(see the answer key)

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