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

2. Where does Maya say a person's values and opinions are formed?
(a) in school
(b) on the job
(c) where the person grew up
(d) in church

3. As a young child who is Maya's favorite author?
(a) Stewart
(b) Shakespeare
(c) Baldwin
(d) Hemmingway

4. What does Maya find out about her parents when she receives Christmas presents from them?
(a) that they dislike their children
(b) that they are rich
(c) that they are alive
(d) that they live in Florida

5. Who comes to Stamps to get the children?
(a) Aunt Hilda
(b) Vivian Johnson
(c) Bailey Johnson Senior
(d) no one

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Uncle Willie become handicapped?

3. Where do the children go when they leave Stamps?

4. How are the cotton pickers in the first chapter paid?

5. What does Maya think of her black skin?

(see the answer key)

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