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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of men are Maya's uncles?
(a) slow learners
(b) educated and rich
(c) soft spoken and courteous
(d) mean and violent

2. Where does Bailey build a hideaway?
(a) down by the creek
(b) at a friend's house
(c) behind the store
(d) in the woods

3. What do the blacks in Stamps think of Mrs. Flowers?
(a) She is the nobility.
(b) She is a loose woman.
(c) She is an Uncle Tom.
(d) She is too white.

4. As a young child who is Maya's favorite author?
(a) Stewart
(b) Baldwin
(c) Hemmingway
(d) Shakespeare

5. What does Maya tell Joyce?
(a) not to confuse her brother
(b) to go to church with them
(c) not to come to the store
(d) not to talk to her brother

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Maya have adult conversations?

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

3. What does Maya decide to do after Mr. Freedman is stopped?

4. Who gives the children peanut patties?

5. What happens to Maya's Japanese neighbors during the war?

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