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

2. Why does Maya say she is so advanced in school?
(a) She is very smart.
(b) Her grandmother sent her to private school.
(c) The schools are better in the South.
(d) Uncle Willie and boredom make her read more.

3. What does the young Maya think about white people?
(a) They smell funny.
(b) They cannot be human.
(c) They are dumb.
(d) They are ungodly.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Maya see living in St. Louis?

3. Where does Maya say a person's values and opinions are formed?

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

5. How many times has Momma been married?

(see the answer key)

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