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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bailey do when someone insults Maya?
(a) tells Momma
(b) ignores it
(c) takes revenge
(d) joins in

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

4. What does Maya do with the first Valentine she ever receives?
(a) tears it up
(b) throws it away
(c) burns it
(d) presses it in a book

5. What makes Maya proud to be black for the first time?
(a) Mrs. Flowers
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Her Momma's store
(d) Graduating from school

6. What does Maya say about her senses following her troubles with Mr. Freedman?
(a) They wax and wane.
(b) Colors are muted and sounds are dull.
(c) They are very sensitive.
(d) They are about the same.

7. Who gives the children peanut patties?
(a) Momma
(b) The owner of the candy store
(c) Uncle Willie
(d) Mrs. Flowers

8. What is one of Mrs. Cullinan's main problems?
(a) She is poor.
(b) She is black.
(c) She is an alcoholic.
(d) She is uneducated.

9. How does life for the blacks in Stamps change following the fight?
(a) It gets much worse.
(b) It gets better.
(c) It ends segregation.
(d) It does not change at all.

10. How does Maya see living in St. Louis?
(a) like being in a foreign country
(b) as sad and lonely
(c) as calm and peaceful
(d) as exciting

11. What do the black women do for the yearly gathering in Stamps?
(a) babysit
(b) bake
(c) dance
(d) sew costumes

12. How does Maya get out of working for Mrs. Cullinan?
(a) She leaves mud on the table.
(b) She steals her jewlery.
(c) She breaks a window.
(d) She drops the good china.

13. Why does Maya give Bailey a dime?
(a) to buy a comic book
(b) to go to the movies
(c) to get her lipstick
(d) to get her candy

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

15. Where does Maya say a person's values and opinions are formed?
(a) on the job
(b) in school
(c) in church
(d) where the person grew up

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the blacks ask in regard to the whites and judgment?

2. What are two things that interest the neighbors?

3. In Chapter 18, where do the cotton pickers go after eating dinner?

4. Why do the children hope for a bloody victory?

5. What does Mr. Freedman order Maya to do?

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