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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dolores tell Maya's father about marriage?
(a) She does not believe in marriage.
(b) She will marry if Maya will come to the wedding.
(c) She wants to marry him but not his children.
(d) She does not want to marry.

2. How does Maya get to her new school in San Francisco?
(a) bus
(b) street car
(c) walks
(d) subway

3. What happens to Maya's Japanese neighbors during the war?
(a) they disappear
(b) they join the army
(c) they are robbed
(d) nothing

4. An adult Maya suggests that black people survive ___________________.
(a) by education
(b) by arming themselves
(c) in relationship to their dedicated poets
(d) by taking over the government

5. What does Maya take from Mrs. Flowers when she leaves?
(a) her scarf
(b) her gift of books
(c) a piece of jewlery
(d) a satin cushion

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the people at graduation sing after the valedictorian's speech?

3. Where does Maya say a person's values and opinions are formed?

4. What does Maya wish when she reads books about heroes?

5. How does Maya imagine the confrontation between Momma and the dentist?

(see the answer key)

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