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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?
(a) in the choir loft
(b) with the other children
(c) the front row
(d) in the back

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

4. How does Maya feel once she is back in Stamps?
(a) relaxed
(b) excited
(c) scared
(d) anxious

5. How many times has Momma been married?
(a) once
(b) two
(c) none
(d) three

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya think of Mrs. Flowers?

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

3. What does Maya admire about Bailey?

4. Why does Maya run away from the church in the Introduction?

5. Why do Maya and her brother go to live with their grandmother in Stamps?

(see the answer key)

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