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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 Willie tell Bailey is the reason white people hate blacks so much?
(a) Whites are afraid of blacks.
(b) White people feel inferior to blacks.
(c) Whites have no souls.
(d) White people made black people slaves.

2. What does Joyce do that confuses Bailey?
(a) tells him she is a lesbian
(b) tells him about sex
(c) tells him to open his pants
(d) tells him he needs to grow up

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

4. Why do Momma and Maya go away before Bailey?
(a) Bailey has to finish school.
(b) Momma is afraid for Maya.
(c) Bailey is the older of the two children.
(d) They cannot afford three tickets.

5. Why do the children hope for a bloody victory?
(a) It is nice to hear of a white man getting bloody.
(b) The adults will let them stay up late.
(c) The adults will give them candy.
(d) It will prove blacks are better than whites.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to Stamps to get the children?

2. Why do the blacks say it is fine for the whites to have money?

3. What does Maya hear all night when Uncle Willie is hiding?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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