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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Louis goes down temporarily how does it feel to the blacks?
(a) like another whipping or lynching
(b) like segregation is never going to end
(c) like their dreams were dead
(d) like slavery just got reenacted

4. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?
(a) in the choir loft
(b) in the back
(c) with the other children
(d) the front row

5. To what does Maya compare her grandmother's ability to calm Maya?
(a) soothing the forehead when sick
(b) drinking hot chocolate
(c) petting a cat to calm it
(d) Jesus calming the sea

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the neighbors ask the children about?

2. What happens to Maya's Japanese neighbors during the war?

3. How does Maya see living in St. Louis?

4. What does the author say determines the ethics of the people?

5. Who does Vivian marry after Maya has gone to live with her?

(see the answer key)

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