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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maya wish when she reads books about heroes?
(a) that she was a princess
(b) that a hero would kill Mr. Freedman
(c) that she would be rescued
(d) that she was a boy

2. What happens to Joyce?
(a) She runs away with a railroad porter.
(b) She runs away with a doctor.
(c) She runs away with a soldier.
(d) She dies.

3. Why does Maya keep quiet about Mr. Freedman's rape of her?
(a) She is afraid of the police.
(b) She is afraid he will kill Bailey.
(c) She is afraid he will kill the dog.
(d) She is afraid of her mother.

4. What does Uncle Willie do to punish mistakes in math that Maya makes?
(a) touches her fingers to the stove
(b) slaps her on the head
(c) does not give her dinner
(d) sprays her with cold water

5. What does Mr. Freedman order Maya to do?
(a) walk his dog
(b) take off her clothes
(c) read a book
(d) go to school

6. What are two things that interest the neighbors?
(a) farming and owning a store
(b) the military and war
(c) corn and tobacco
(d) elevators and white people

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

8. Why do Maya and Bailey dislike the Reverend Thomas?
(a) He preaches too long.
(b) He smells funny.
(c) He never remembers their names.
(d) He pinches them on the cheek.

9. What is a black person risking to speak to a white person, according to Momma?
(a) sounding stupid
(b) having to go to jail
(c) his or her life
(d) being made fun of

10. Who wins the fight between the black boxer and the white?
(a) the white
(b) the black
(c) it was a draw
(d) they didn't finish the fight

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

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

13. Why do some people who live farther away stay at Momma's after the fight?
(a) fear of repercussions from white men
(b) to join a celebration
(c) to make money on boarding them
(d) they were too tired to walk home

14. What does Maya find interesting about poor people's attitude towards God?
(a) They attribute their situation to God's will.
(b) They think God will save them.
(c) They praise God in spite of poverty.
(d) They are angry at God.

15. What does Maya admire about Bailey?
(a) He can finish all his chores and homework and still read more.
(b) He is much taller than she.
(c) He beats up anyone who gives him a hard time.
(d) He knows how to steal from the white people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does life for the blacks in Stamps change following the fight?

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

3. What does Maya do with her panties after Mr. Freedman attacks her?

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

5. How does Maya punish herself when she does not measure flour correctly?

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