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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maya imagine the confrontation between Momma and the dentist?
(a) with Momma wrecking his office
(b) with Momma hitting him over the head
(c) with Momma convincing him to see Maya
(d) with Momma kicking him out of town

2. What do the boys in the gang do for money?
(a) sweep out pool halls and mow lawns
(b) con people
(c) steal
(d) shine shoes

3. What does her mother tell Maya about cutting school?
(a) She can transfer to another school.
(b) She is not supposed to cut classes.
(c) She can quit school if she wants.
(d) If her work is caught up, she can skip.

4. How many black doctors and dentists does Stamps have?
(a) two
(b) none
(c) five
(d) one

5. What does Maya's mother think of Maya's fear of becoming a lesbian?
(a) It might be based in fact.
(b) It is silly.
(c) It is possible.
(d) It is scary.

6. Where does Momma tell Maya and Bailey they will be going to live?
(a) with their aunt
(b) with their father
(c) with their mother
(d) in Florida

7. Where does Maya spend summer vacation?
(a) in Stamps
(b) with her father and his girlfriend
(c) in England on scholarship
(d) she doesn't go anywhere

8. How does Maya prove she is not a lesbian?
(a) She starts dating boys.
(b) She reads more books.
(c) She sees a psychologist.
(d) She has sex with a boy.

9. Maya think lesbians are the same as _________.
(a) hermaphrodites
(b) tough girls
(c) tomboys
(d) single older women

10. What does Maya's mother tell her when she is worried about raising a child?
(a) She will be fine because it is natural.
(b) She will help her.
(c) She should take a parenting class.
(d) Being a parent is very difficult.

11. How does Vivian teach the children about other cultures?
(a) introducing them to people from other countries
(b) through food
(c) giving them books to read
(d) taking them to different parts of the city

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

13. Why does George Taylor visit Momma?
(a) He is a friend of Uncle Willie's.
(b) He likes the children.
(c) He is lonely.
(d) He needs money.

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

15. How does Dolores feel about Maya?
(a) She wants to adopt her.
(b) She is jealous of her.
(c) She likes her.
(d) She is afraid of her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bailey do in response to his mother's dislike of his lifestyle?

2. What does the pregnancy prove to Maya, in her mind?

3. Why is Maya uncomfortable about her new school in San Francisco?

4. What does Momma give Maya for graduation?

5. What does Willie tell Bailey is the reason white people hate blacks so much?

(see the answer keys)

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