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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 does Maya want to go back to Stamps?
(a) She misses her friends.
(b) She is frightened.
(c) she misses her grandmother.
(d) She hates the weather.

2. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?
(a) in the choir loft
(b) in the back
(c) with the other children
(d) the front row

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

4. What is a black person risking to speak to a white person, according to Momma?
(a) having to go to jail
(b) being made fun of
(c) sounding stupid
(d) his or her life

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) The white people abuse black children.
(c) There are no white people in Stamps.
(d) Segregation is absolute.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Uncle Willie become handicapped?

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

5. Who comes to Stamps to get the children?

(see the answer key)

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