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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have many black children never seen a white person in Stamps?
(a) There are no white people in Stamps.
(b) The blacks do not go in the white section of town.
(c) Segregation is absolute.
(d) The white people abuse black children.

2. How does segregation affect the attitude of blacks towards whites?
(a) makes the blacks pity the whites
(b) makes the blacks admire the whites
(c) makes the blacks feel contempt towards the whites
(d) makes the blacks hate the whites

3. What day of the week is exciting and different to Maya?
(a) Sunday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Saturday
(d) Thursday

4. How do Maya and Bailey feel when they get Christmas presents from their parents?
(a) angry
(b) grateful
(c) depressed
(d) happy

5. What does Grandma Baxter do?
(a) She is a dancer.
(b) She is a singer.
(c) She is a precinct captain.
(d) She is a school teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bailey do in his hideaway?

2. What makes Maya's fear of death worse?

3. What does Maya call the time she spends with Mrs. Flowers?

4. How are the cotton pickers in the first chapter paid?

5. What does Mrs. Cullinan call Maya?

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