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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Joyce?
(a) She dies.
(b) She runs away with a soldier.
(c) She runs away with a railroad porter.
(d) She runs away with a doctor.

2. What does Maya's new stepfather do for work?
(a) owns apartment buildings and pool halls
(b) janitor
(c) basketball player
(d) doctor

3. What is one of Mrs. Cullinan's main problems?
(a) She is uneducated.
(b) She is an alcoholic.
(c) She is black.
(d) She is poor.

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

5. What does Maya hear all night when Uncle Willie is hiding?
(a) people running and yelling outside
(b) his whimpering
(c) blacks singing
(d) the minister preaching

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya say about her senses following her troubles with Mr. Freedman?

2. What do the neighbors ask the children about?

3. What does Maya find interesting about poor people's attitude towards God?

4. What does Mrs. Flowers tell Maya about language?

5. What are the graduates of Lafayette Training School expected to become?

(see the answer key)

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