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

3. Where, according to the author, can childhood questions be answered?
(a) by their mother
(b) by their parents
(c) by reading about childhood
(d) in the town in which the child grew up

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Bailey late getting home one Saturday?
(a) He gets lost in the city.
(b) He is beaten by white boys.
(c) He goes to a movie.
(d) He gets drunk on alcohol.

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

12. In Chapter 18, where do the cotton pickers go after eating dinner?
(a) to bed
(b) to a revival
(c) to see fireworks
(d) to friends' or family homes for a visit

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

14. Who are the fighters that the blacks are listening to during a match broadcast on the radio?
(a) Carnera and Louis
(b) Ali and Fraiser
(c) Robinson and Louis
(d) Carmicheal and Veal

15. Why have many black children never seen a white person in Stamps?
(a) Segregation is absolute.
(b) There are no white people in Stamps.
(c) The white people abuse black children.
(d) The blacks do not go in the white section of town.