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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Maya uncomfortable about her new school in San Francisco?
(a) Most of the class is Chinese.
(b) She does not have the right clothes to wear.
(c) She is not the smartest kid in school anymore.
(d) She travels through wealthy, white neighborhoods.

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

3. Why can Maya not become a lesbian, according to her mother?
(a) It is against the church.
(b) It does not run in the family.
(c) Her mother has one son and one daughter.
(d) She has seen Maya watching boys.

4. How does the black community treat the graduates of Lafayette Training School?
(a) like college graduates
(b) like laborers
(c) no different than anyone else
(d) like royalty

5. Why do Momma and Maya go away before Bailey?
(a) Momma is afraid for Maya.
(b) Bailey has to finish school.
(c) Bailey is the older of the two children.
(d) They cannot afford three tickets.

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

7. How is racism practiced in San Francisco?
(a) violently
(b) there is none
(c) openly
(d) covertly

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

9. What does the pregnancy prove to Maya, in her mind?
(a) She is a woman.
(b) She is not a lesbian.
(c) She can have children.
(d) She likes boys.

10. Where does Maya's father take her on a trip?
(a) Mexico
(b) Florida
(c) Canada
(d) Las Vegas

11. What does Dolores tell Maya's father about marriage?
(a) She will marry if Maya will come to the wedding.
(b) She wants to marry him but not his children.
(c) She does not want to marry.
(d) She does not believe in marriage.

12. Maya says has gained independence but lost what?
(a) love
(b) happiness
(c) understanding
(d) innocence

13. How does Maya's mother's home seem to her after returning from her father's?
(a) exciting
(b) noisy and confusing
(c) smaller and quieter
(d) boring

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

15. What does her stepfather teach her about con men?
(a) how to con them
(b) how to spot them
(c) how to join them
(d) to stay away from them

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the black people who move into Maya's neighborhood during the war go to work?

2. What does Maya see as possible proof she is becoming a lesbian?

3. Where does Vivian go when she leaves Maya and Momma in St. Louis?

4. Who does Vivian marry after Maya has gone to live with her?

5. Where does Maya's father take her after her fight with Dolores?

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