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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Maya and Bailey being sent away?
(a) Their father wants them.
(b) Momma does not want them anymore.
(c) Momma is too old.
(d) Stamps is too segregated.

2. What is Maya's mother by profession?
(a) a librarian
(b) a nurse
(c) a minister
(d) a teacher

3. How are the cotton pickers in the first chapter paid?
(a) by the hour
(b) by a company store credit
(c) by the weight of cotton they pick
(d) with food

4. How did Uncle Willie become handicapped?
(a) beat up by a white gang
(b) born with it
(c) dropped as a baby
(d) hit by a car

5. Who is Reverend Howard Thomas?
(a) the preacher on television
(b) a presiding elder in the church
(c) Momma's brother
(d) Uncle Willie's friend

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the neighbors ask the children about?

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

3. With whom does Maya have adult conversations?

4. What does Maya find out about her parents when she receives Christmas presents from them?

5. What does Maya think about her supervisors on the job?

(see the answer key)

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