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

5. What does Maya think of Mrs. Flowers?
(a) She is mean.
(b) She is the ideal human being.
(c) She is too educated.
(d) She is too nosy.

6. How are the cotton pickers in the first chapter paid?
(a) by the hour
(b) with food
(c) by the weight of cotton they pick
(d) by a company store credit

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

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

9. 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

10. Why does Maya say she is so advanced in school?
(a) The schools are better in the South.
(b) Uncle Willie and boredom make her read more.
(c) She is very smart.
(d) Her grandmother sent her to private school.

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

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

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

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

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