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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have many black children never seen a white person in Stamps?
(a) The blacks do not go in the white section of town.
(b) There are no white people in Stamps.
(c) The white people abuse black children.
(d) Segregation is absolute.

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

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

4. Where does Vivian go when she leaves Maya and Momma in St. Louis?
(a) New York
(b) San Francisco
(c) Stamps
(d) Florida

5. What makes Maya's fear of death worse?
(a) the minister talking about death
(b) when her dog dies
(c) thinking her mother was dead
(d) seeing the lynchings in Stamps

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bailey feel about the neighbors questions?

2. Who gives the children peanut patties?

3. Where does Bailey build a hideaway?

4. Who is Reverend Howard Thomas?

5. What do the black women do for the yearly gathering in Stamps?

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