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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Maya and her brother go to live with their grandmother in Stamps?
(a) Their parents divorce.
(b) Their parents do not want them.
(c) Their mother is sick.
(d) Their parents are killed.

2. What does Bailey do when someone insults Maya?
(a) joins in
(b) tells Momma
(c) ignores it
(d) takes revenge

3. What does Maya do with her panties after Mr. Freedman attacks her?
(a) burns them
(b) hides them
(c) show them to her mother
(d) throws them away

4. What is Maya's mother by profession?
(a) a minister
(b) a librarian
(c) a teacher
(d) a nurse

5. What does Mrs. Flowers tell Maya about language?
(a) It does not matter how you talk.
(b) It is how man communicates.
(c) It is God's curse on humans.
(d) It is never clear what someone is saying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bailey do for Joyce?

2. What does Maya do with the first Valentine she ever receives?

3. What does Mrs. Taylor's funeral do to Maya?

4. How does Maya imagine the confrontation between Momma and the dentist?

5. What does she learn from the prejudice the blacks face in Stamps?

(see the answer key)

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