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

2. How does Maya punish herself when she does not measure flour correctly?
(a) by not going to the movies
(b) by not eating sweets
(c) by not reading that night
(d) by cleaning the kitchen

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

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

5. What does Grandma Baxter do?
(a) She is a singer.
(b) She is a school teacher.
(c) She is a precinct captain.
(d) She is a dancer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?

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

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

5. Where do the children go when they leave Stamps?

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