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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to Stamps to get the children?
(a) Aunt Hilda
(b) Vivian Johnson
(c) no one
(d) Bailey Johnson Senior

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

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

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

5. As a young child who is Maya's favorite author?
(a) Baldwin
(b) Shakespeare
(c) Hemmingway
(d) Stewart

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

7. How does Maya feel once she is back in Stamps?
(a) anxious
(b) excited
(c) scared
(d) relaxed

8. How does Bailey get to Baton Rouge?
(a) tales a bus
(b) hitchhikes
(c) drives Momma's car
(d) hops a freight train

9. 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

10. Where does Bailey build a hideaway?
(a) at a friend's house
(b) down by the creek
(c) in the woods
(d) behind the store

11. What is the biggest gathering of the year in Stamps for black people?
(a) Fourth of July
(b) Summer fish fry
(c) Labor day
(d) Memorial day

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bailey do in his hideaway?

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

3. What does Maya admire about Momma?

4. Where, according to the author, can childhood questions be answered?

5. Why do Maya and her brother go to live with their grandmother in Stamps?

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