I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Momma take Maya when she needs a dentist?
(a) Dr. Sarvey
(b) to California
(c) Dr. Lincoln
(d) no where

2. What does Maya's new stepfather do for work?
(a) owns apartment buildings and pool halls
(b) doctor
(c) basketball player
(d) janitor

3. What happens after the baby is born?
(a) She goes to Stamps.
(b) Maya is afraid to touch him.
(c) She wants another baby.
(d) She gets pregnant again.

4. What does Mrs. Taylor's funeral do to Maya?
(a) makes her happy
(b) makes her sad
(c) helps her grow up
(d) makes the word "death" real

5. What do Bailey and Maya have in common since her return from her father's?
(a) street slang
(b) dancing
(c) school
(d) drinking

6. How long does it take Maya to get a job with the street car company?
(a) a month
(b) two days
(c) a year
(d) three weeks

7. What does Momma give Maya for graduation?
(a) a used car
(b) a Mickey Mouse watch
(c) a new dress
(d) a business suit

8. Why is Maya worried about seeing her mother again?
(a) She feels guilty about the rape.
(b) She is afraid her mother has changed.
(c) She thinks her mother loves Bailey better.
(d) She is afraid of her mother's boyfriend.

9. Who holds all the money in the gang Maya joins?
(a) James
(b) Sabrina
(c) Maya
(d) Bootsie

10. What does Maya tell her father about Dolores?
(a) She is pretty.
(b) She is awful.
(c) She is very nice.
(d) She is pretentious.

11. What book does Maya read that exposes her to lesbianism?
(a) The Children's Hour
(b) Six of One
(c) The Well of Loneliness
(d) Dykes on Bikes

12. Where does Maya sleep when she is on her own?
(a) at a hotel
(b) in an abandoned car
(c) under a bridge
(d) in the library

13. How does Bailey feel about Maya's return?
(a) happy
(b) excited
(c) depressed
(d) not interested in it

14. An adult Maya suggests that black people survive ___________________.
(a) by education
(b) by taking over the government
(c) in relationship to their dedicated poets
(d) by arming themselves

15. How does Maya see the city of San Francisco?
(a) angry
(b) stupid
(c) stuck up
(d) friendly, but cool

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maya start cutting school?

2. What do some white men do that makes Bailey so upset one night?

3. How does Maya's mother's home seem to her after returning from her father's?

4. Why does Maya drive the car back to Calexico?

5. What does her mother say about Maya's pregnancy?

(see the answer keys)

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