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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Mr. Freedman after court?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He goes to jail for 20 years.
(c) He rapes her again.
(d) Maya's uncles kill him.

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

4. What does she learn from the prejudice the blacks face in Stamps?
(a) how to hate whites
(b) how to get rich even with segregation
(c) how to love deeply
(d) the ability to be satisfied in spite of the inequities

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

6. What is a black person risking to speak to a white person, according to Momma?
(a) his or her life
(b) having to go to jail
(c) being made fun of
(d) sounding stupid

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

8. Who wins the fight between the black boxer and the white?
(a) it was a draw
(b) the white
(c) the black
(d) they didn't finish the fight

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

10. What happens to Joyce?
(a) She runs away with a soldier.
(b) She dies.
(c) She runs away with a doctor.
(d) She runs away with a railroad porter.

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

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

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

14. How does Maya see living in St. Louis?
(a) as sad and lonely
(b) as calm and peaceful
(c) as exciting
(d) like being in a foreign country

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the children go when they leave Stamps?

2. What does Maya admire about Momma?

3. What does Uncle Willie do to punish mistakes in math that Maya makes?

4. How does Maya feel once she is back in Stamps?

5. Who is Reverend Howard Thomas?

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