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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 | Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maya wish when she reads books about heroes?
(a) that she was a princess
(b) that she would be rescued
(c) that she was a boy
(d) that a hero would kill Mr. Freedman

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

3. Who is Reverend Howard Thomas?
(a) Momma's brother
(b) a presiding elder in the church
(c) the preacher on television
(d) Uncle Willie's friend

4. Why do Maya and her brother go to live with their grandmother in Stamps?
(a) Their parents divorce.
(b) Their parents do not want them.
(c) Their mother is sick.
(d) Their parents are killed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Freedman order Maya to do?

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

3. Why does Maya keep quiet about Mr. Freedman's rape of her?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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