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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 | Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maya hear all night when Uncle Willie is hiding?
(a) his whimpering
(b) people running and yelling outside
(c) blacks singing
(d) the minister preaching

2. Where, according to the author, can childhood questions be answered?
(a) by reading about childhood
(b) by their parents
(c) by their mother
(d) in the town in which the child grew up

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

4. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?
(a) with the other children
(b) the front row
(c) in the choir loft
(d) in the back

5. Why have many black children never seen a white person in Stamps?
(a) There are no white people in Stamps.
(b) Segregation is absolute.
(c) The white people abuse black children.
(d) The blacks do not go in the white section of town.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Maya say a person's values and opinions are formed?

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

4. What does Maya think of her black skin?

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

(see the answer key)

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