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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 think of her black skin?
(a) that it is strange
(b) that it is beautiful
(c) that it does not mean anything
(d) that it is ugly

2. How do Maya and Bailey feel when they get Christmas presents from their parents?
(a) angry
(b) grateful
(c) happy
(d) depressed

3. How many times has Momma been married?
(a) once
(b) three
(c) none
(d) two

4. How are the cotton pickers in the first chapter paid?
(a) by the weight of cotton they pick
(b) by a company store credit
(c) with food
(d) by the hour

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya admire about Bailey?

2. Why have many black children never seen a white person in Stamps?

3. Who is Reverend Howard Thomas?

4. How does Maya imagine herself when she is very young?

5. Who comes to Stamps to get the children?

(see the answer key)

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