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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maya find interesting about poor people's attitude towards God?
(a) They praise God in spite of poverty.
(b) They think God will save them.
(c) They attribute their situation to God's will.
(d) They are angry at God.

2. What does Grandma Baxter do?
(a) She is a singer.
(b) She is a dancer.
(c) She is a precinct captain.
(d) She is a school teacher.

3. What does Maya do with the first Valentine she ever receives?
(a) tears it up
(b) burns it
(c) throws it away
(d) presses it in a book

4. Who does Maya speak to finally after spending time with Mrs. Flowers?
(a) her father
(b) Uncle Willie
(c) Bailey
(d) her grandmother

5. What do the neighbors ask the children about?
(a) their mother
(b) their schooling
(c) their grandmother Baxter
(d) their travels

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has Momma been married?

2. What does Mr. Freedman order Maya to do?

3. What do some white men do that makes Bailey so upset one night?

4. Who comes to Stamps to get the children?

5. What does Joyce do that confuses Bailey?

(see the answer key)

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