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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the blacks in Stamps think of Mrs. Flowers?
(a) She is a loose woman.
(b) She is the nobility.
(c) She is an Uncle Tom.
(d) She is too white.

2. What convinces Maya as she is leaving that Mrs. Cullinan now knows her name?
(a) She leaves it written on the table.
(b) Glory tells Mrs. Cullinan.
(c) She sends a letter to Mrs. Cullinan.
(d) Mrs. Cullinan screams at her.

3. What does she learn from the prejudice the blacks face in Stamps?
(a) how to love deeply
(b) how to hate whites
(c) how to get rich even with segregation
(d) the ability to be satisfied in spite of the inequities

4. What does Uncle Willie do to punish mistakes in math that Maya makes?
(a) sprays her with cold water
(b) touches her fingers to the stove
(c) does not give her dinner
(d) slaps her on the head

5. Who gives the children peanut patties?
(a) Mrs. Flowers
(b) Momma
(c) Uncle Willie
(d) The owner of the candy store

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maya say she is so advanced in school?

2. Where does Maya say a person's values and opinions are formed?

3. Why have many black children never seen a white person in Stamps?

4. Who comes to Stamps to get the children?

5. How did Uncle Willie become handicapped?

(see the answer key)

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