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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 do with her panties after Mr. Freedman attacks her?
(a) show them to her mother
(b) hides them
(c) throws them away
(d) burns them

2. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?
(a) They are playing.
(b) The whites are looking for a black man.
(c) His ex-wife is looking for him.
(d) They do not want Bailey to know where he is.

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

4. What does Maya wish when she reads books about heroes?
(a) that she was a boy
(b) that a hero would kill Mr. Freedman
(c) that she was a princess
(d) that she would be rescued

5. Who does Maya speak to finally after spending time with Mrs. Flowers?
(a) her father
(b) Bailey
(c) her grandmother
(d) Uncle Willie

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Willie do to punish mistakes in math that Maya makes?

2. What does she learn from the prejudice the blacks face in Stamps?

3. What happens to Mr. Freedman after court?

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

5. What does Mrs. Flowers tell Maya about language?

(see the answer key)

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