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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are girls in Stamps required to learn?
(a) dressmaking and baking
(b) embroidery, crochet and tatting
(c) childcare, sewing and driving
(d) cooking and cleaning

3. How does Maya imagine herself when she is very young?
(a) as a super black model
(b) as a blonde with blue eyes
(c) as a woman wearing furs and diamonds
(d) as a white man

4. What makes Maya proud to be black for the first time?
(a) Mrs. Flowers
(b) Graduating from school
(c) Her Momma's store
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

5. Where do the children go when they leave Stamps?
(a) they never leave Stamps
(b) to a foster home
(c) to their mother's home
(d) to their aunt's home

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maya think of Mrs. Flowers?

3. How do Maya and Bailey feel when they get Christmas presents from their parents?

4. What in the movies reminds Bailey of his mother?

5. What is a black person risking to speak to a white person, according to Momma?

(see the answer key)

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