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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 call the time she spends with Mrs. Flowers?
(a) her down time
(b) her quiet time
(c) her white people time
(d) her lessons in living

2. How did Uncle Willie become handicapped?
(a) beat up by a white gang
(b) hit by a car
(c) born with it
(d) dropped as a baby

3. What does the young Maya think about white people?
(a) They cannot be human.
(b) They are ungodly.
(c) They smell funny.
(d) They are dumb.

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

5. Where, according to the author, can childhood questions be answered?
(a) by their parents
(b) in the town in which the child grew up
(c) by reading about childhood
(d) by their mother

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Maya when she goes to work for Mrs. Cullinan?

3. How does segregation affect the attitude of blacks towards whites?

4. What convinces Maya as she is leaving that Mrs. Cullinan now knows her name?

5. How many times has Momma been married?

(see the answer key)

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