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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 Uncle Willie do to punish mistakes in math that Maya makes?
(a) does not give her dinner
(b) touches her fingers to the stove
(c) slaps her on the head
(d) sprays her with cold water

2. Where do the children go when they leave Stamps?
(a) to their mother's home
(b) they never leave Stamps
(c) to a foster home
(d) to their aunt's home

3. How does Maya imagine herself when she is very young?
(a) as a super black model
(b) as a woman wearing furs and diamonds
(c) as a blonde with blue eyes
(d) as a white man

4. Why do Maya and Bailey dislike the Reverend Thomas?
(a) He smells funny.
(b) He pinches them on the cheek.
(c) He never remembers their names.
(d) He preaches too long.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya admire about Bailey?

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

3. Who is Reverend Howard Thomas?

4. Why does Maya run away from the church in the Introduction?

5. What does Maya hear all night when Uncle Willie is hiding?

(see the answer key)

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