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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya decide to do after Mr. Freedman is stopped?

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

3. Who wins the fight between the black boxer and the white?

4. What does Maya say about her senses following her troubles with Mr. Freedman?

5. Why do some people who live farther away stay at Momma's after the fight?

(see the answer key)

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