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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Bailey feel about the neighbors questions?
(a) anxious
(b) bored
(c) resentful
(d) he enjoys the spotlight

6. What does Bailey do in his hideaway?
(a) reads
(b) plays games with other boys
(c) sleeps
(d) experiments with petting

7. What do the blacks ask in regard to the whites and judgment?
(a) When is it going to happen?
(b) Will the poor get to see the judgment?
(c) Will rich blacks be included?
(d) How bad is it going to be?

8. What does Maya admire about Momma?
(a) her wealth
(b) her beauty
(c) her strength and power
(d) her intelligence

9. How does Maya imagine herself when she is very young?
(a) as a blonde with blue eyes
(b) as a super black model
(c) as a woman wearing furs and diamonds
(d) as a white man

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

11. What do the neighbors ask the children about?
(a) their grandmother Baxter
(b) their schooling
(c) their mother
(d) their travels

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

13. What does the young Maya think about white people?
(a) They cannot be human.
(b) They are ungodly.
(c) They smell funny.
(d) They are dumb.

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

15. What is Maya's mother by profession?
(a) a minister
(b) a nurse
(c) a librarian
(d) a teacher

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has Momma been married?

2. As a young child who is Maya's favorite author?

3. Where does Bailey build a hideaway?

4. What does Maya find interesting about poor people's attitude towards God?

5. How did Uncle Willie become handicapped?

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