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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What convinces Maya as she is leaving that Mrs. Cullinan now knows her name?
(a) Glory tells Mrs. Cullinan.
(b) She sends a letter to Mrs. Cullinan.
(c) She leaves it written on the table.
(d) Mrs. Cullinan screams at her.

2. What do the blacks in Stamps think of Mrs. Flowers?
(a) She is a loose woman.
(b) She is too white.
(c) She is an Uncle Tom.
(d) She is the nobility.

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

4. What does Maya admire about Momma?
(a) her strength and power
(b) her beauty
(c) her wealth
(d) her intelligence

5. What does Maya admire about Bailey?
(a) He is much taller than she.
(b) He knows how to steal from the white people.
(c) He beats up anyone who gives him a hard time.
(d) He can finish all his chores and homework and still read more.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of men are Maya's uncles?

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

3. Who comes to Stamps to get the children?

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

5. What does Maya think of her black skin?

(see the answer key)

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