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

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

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

4. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?
(a) The whites are looking for a black man.
(b) They are playing.
(c) They do not want Bailey to know where he is.
(d) His ex-wife is looking for him.

5. Why do the cotton pickers complain at the end of the day?
(a) They are always cut.
(b) They work too hard.
(c) They think the scales are weighted.
(d) They need more jobs.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the young Maya think about white people?

5. Why do Maya and her brother go to live with their grandmother in Stamps?

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