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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 find out about her parents when she receives Christmas presents from them?
(a) that they live in Florida
(b) that they are rich
(c) that they dislike their children
(d) that they are alive

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

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

4. How does Maya see living in St. Louis?
(a) like being in a foreign country
(b) as sad and lonely
(c) as exciting
(d) as calm and peaceful

5. Why have many black children never seen a white person in Stamps?
(a) The blacks do not go in the white section of town.
(b) There are no white people in Stamps.
(c) Segregation is absolute.
(d) The white people abuse black children.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maya punish herself when she does not measure flour correctly?

2. What does Maya wish when she reads books about heroes?

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

4. Why do the cotton pickers complain at the end of the day?

5. What is a black person risking to speak to a white person, according to Momma?

(see the answer key)

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