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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maya say she is so advanced in school?
(a) The schools are better in the South.
(b) She is very smart.
(c) Her grandmother sent her to private school.
(d) Uncle Willie and boredom make her read more.

2. What do the boys in the gang do for money?
(a) con people
(b) steal
(c) sweep out pool halls and mow lawns
(d) shine shoes

3. Why do Maya and her brother go to live with their grandmother in Stamps?
(a) Their parents are killed.
(b) Their parents divorce.
(c) Their mother is sick.
(d) Their parents do not want them.

4. How old is Maya when she goes to work for Mrs. Cullinan?
(a) ten
(b) eight
(c) twelve
(d) fourteen

5. How does Maya punish herself when she does not measure flour correctly?
(a) by not eating sweets
(b) by not going to the movies
(c) by not reading that night
(d) by cleaning the kitchen

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maya have trouble concentrating at the first school she attends in San Francisco?

2. Where does Maya's father take her after her fight with Dolores?

3. How does Maya feel once she is back in Stamps?

4. How do Momma and Willie see Momma's confrontation with the dentist?

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

(see the answer key)

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