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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Cullinan call Maya?
(a) Glory
(b) Marguerite
(c) Mary
(d) Lizzie

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

3. What does Maya call the time she spends with Mrs. Flowers?
(a) her quiet time
(b) her white people time
(c) her down time
(d) her lessons in living

4. Where do the children go when they leave Stamps?
(a) they never leave Stamps
(b) to their mother's home
(c) to a foster home
(d) to their aunt's home

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

6. Why do Maya and her brother go to live with their grandmother in Stamps?
(a) Their parents divorce.
(b) Their parents are killed.
(c) Their mother is sick.
(d) Their parents do not want them.

7. What convinces Maya as she is leaving that Mrs. Cullinan now knows her name?
(a) Glory tells Mrs. Cullinan.
(b) She leaves it written on the table.
(c) Mrs. Cullinan screams at her.
(d) She sends a letter to Mrs. Cullinan.

8. Why do the blacks say it is fine for the whites to have money?
(a) The rich will burn in hell.
(b) God loves the black people.
(c) Blacks have more love.
(d) The rich are lonely.

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

10. Why does Maya keep quiet about Mr. Freedman's rape of her?
(a) She is afraid of her mother.
(b) She is afraid of the police.
(c) She is afraid he will kill the dog.
(d) She is afraid he will kill Bailey.

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

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

13. Who becomes Maya's first girlfriend?
(a) Louise Kendricks
(b) Susie Turner
(c) Ruth Potter
(d) Millie Hanks

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

15. Why does Maya want to go back to Stamps?
(a) She misses her friends.
(b) she misses her grandmother.
(c) She hates the weather.
(d) She is frightened.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Maya run away from the church in the Introduction?

3. What are two things that interest the neighbors?

4. What does Maya hear all night when Uncle Willie is hiding?

5. What happens to Joyce?

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