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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the children hope for a bloody victory?
(a) It will prove blacks are better than whites.
(b) The adults will let them stay up late.
(c) The adults will give them candy.
(d) It is nice to hear of a white man getting bloody.

2. What kind of men are Maya's uncles?
(a) soft spoken and courteous
(b) slow learners
(c) educated and rich
(d) mean and violent

3. Why does Maya give Bailey a dime?
(a) to get her candy
(b) to go to the movies
(c) to get her lipstick
(d) to buy a comic book

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

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

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

7. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?
(a) They are playing.
(b) His ex-wife is looking for him.
(c) The whites are looking for a black man.
(d) They do not want Bailey to know where he is.

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

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

10. How many times has Momma been married?
(a) two
(b) none
(c) once
(d) three

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

12. What does Maya hear all night when Uncle Willie is hiding?
(a) the minister preaching
(b) his whimpering
(c) blacks singing
(d) people running and yelling outside

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

14. What does Maya decide to do after Mr. Freedman is stopped?
(a) become a prostitute
(b) go to college
(c) never speak to anyone again
(d) run away

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maya think of Mrs. Flowers?

3. What is Maya's mother by profession?

4. What does Mrs. Cullinan call Maya?

5. How does Bailey get to Baton Rouge?

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