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

2. Why does Maya keep quiet about Mr. Freedman's rape of her?
(a) She is afraid he will kill the dog.
(b) She is afraid of her mother.
(c) She is afraid of the police.
(d) She is afraid he will kill Bailey.

3. How does Bailey feel about the neighbors questions?
(a) bored
(b) he enjoys the spotlight
(c) resentful
(d) anxious

4. Why have many black children never seen a white person in Stamps?
(a) The white people abuse black children.
(b) Segregation is absolute.
(c) There are no white people in Stamps.
(d) The blacks do not go in the white section of town.

5. How do Maya and Bailey feel when they get Christmas presents from their parents?
(a) angry
(b) grateful
(c) depressed
(d) happy

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Maya and Bailey dislike the Reverend Thomas?

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

3. What does Grandma Baxter do?

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

5. Why do the cotton pickers complain at the end of the day?

(see the answer key)

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