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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What convinces Maya as she is leaving that Mrs. Cullinan now knows her name?
(a) She leaves it written on the table.
(b) She sends a letter to Mrs. Cullinan.
(c) Glory tells Mrs. Cullinan.
(d) Mrs. Cullinan screams at her.

2. What does Maya find out about her parents when she receives Christmas presents from them?
(a) that they are rich
(b) that they live in Florida
(c) that they dislike their children
(d) that they are alive

3. Where does Maya transfer to school?
(a) Jefferson High School
(b) San Franciso High
(c) Edgewater High
(d) George Washington High School

4. What does the author say determines the ethics of the people?
(a) parents of children
(b) the needs of society
(c) the education of citizens
(d) teaching of the church

5. When Louis goes down temporarily how does it feel to the blacks?
(a) like another whipping or lynching
(b) like segregation is never going to end
(c) like slavery just got reenacted
(d) like their dreams were dead

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya think of her black skin?

2. Where does Bailey build a hideaway?

3. Who becomes Maya's first girlfriend?

4. What does Uncle Willie do to punish mistakes in math that Maya makes?

5. How does Maya imagine herself when she is very young?

(see the answer key)

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