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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How many times has Momma been married?
(a) once
(b) three
(c) two
(d) none

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Maya and her brother go to live with their grandmother in Stamps?

2. What makes Maya proud to be black for the first time?

3. Who comes to Stamps to get the children?

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

5. What does Maya admire about Momma?

(see the answer key)

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