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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dolores feel about Maya?
(a) She likes her.
(b) She is jealous of her.
(c) She wants to adopt her.
(d) She is afraid of her.

2. How does Vivian teach the children about other cultures?
(a) taking them to different parts of the city
(b) introducing them to people from other countries
(c) giving them books to read
(d) through food

3. What happens to Maya and Bailey after the incident with Mr. Freedman?
(a) They are put in a foster home.
(b) They are sent to their father's home.
(c) They are put in a boarding school.
(d) They are sent back to Stamps.

4. What does Maya do with her panties after Mr. Freedman attacks her?
(a) show them to her mother
(b) burns them
(c) hides them
(d) throws them away

5. Why does Maya have trouble concentrating at the first school she attends in San Francisco?
(a) The school sits next to the subway.
(b) The school is filled with troubled girls.
(c) There are a lot of cute boys.
(d) The school is mostly Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has Momma been married?

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

3. What is the biggest gathering of the year in Stamps for black people?

4. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?

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

(see the answer key)

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