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

3. What do some white men do that makes Bailey so upset one night?
(a) They threaten to lynch him.
(b) They beat him.
(c) They make him carry the body of a black man.
(d) They threaten Maya.

4. What happens to Maya's Japanese neighbors during the war?
(a) they join the army
(b) they disappear
(c) nothing
(d) they are robbed

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

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

7. What are the graduates of Lafayette Training School expected to become?
(a) doctors and lawyers
(b) business owners
(c) farmers, maids, handymen and carpenters
(d) politicians

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

9. What job does Vivian do for work?
(a) maid
(b) runs card games
(c) social worker
(d) teacher

10. What does Dolores call Vivian?
(a) a creep
(b) a whore
(c) a two timer
(d) a smart woman

11. Where does Maya go when she runs from her father?
(a) She goes to Florida.
(b) She goes to Stamps.
(c) She goes back to her mother.
(d) She wanders the town.

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

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

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

15. Why does Maya start cutting school?
(a) She thinks she has enough education.
(b) She does not like the principal.
(c) She hates reading.
(d) She does not have much in common with the girls at school.