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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 admire about Momma?
(a) her wealth
(b) her beauty
(c) her strength and power
(d) her intelligence

2. Why does Maya want to go back to Stamps?
(a) She misses her friends.
(b) she misses her grandmother.
(c) She is frightened.
(d) She hates the weather.

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

4. How does segregation affect the attitude of blacks towards whites?
(a) makes the blacks hate the whites
(b) makes the blacks pity the whites
(c) makes the blacks feel contempt towards the whites
(d) makes the blacks admire the whites

5. Why does Maya run away from the church in the Introduction?
(a) She hates the minister.
(b) She is afraid of God.
(c) She wets herself.
(d) She falls asleep in church.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Uncle Willie become handicapped?

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

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

4. What does Maya admire about Bailey?

5. How do Maya and Bailey feel when they get Christmas presents from their parents?

(see the answer key)

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