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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Bailey gets to St. Louis how long do they stay waiting for their mother?
(a) four days
(b) two weeks
(c) six months
(d) a year

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

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

4. What does Mr. Taylor say about his dead wife and children?
(a) They did not need children.
(b) She talked to him last night.
(c) They were not able to have children.
(d) They should have adopted children.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What do the people at graduation sing after the valedictorian's speech?
(a) Amazing Grace
(b) It's a Hard, Hard World
(c) the national anthem
(d) the Negro National Anthem

12. Where does Vivian go when she leaves Maya and Momma in St. Louis?
(a) Stamps
(b) New York
(c) San Francisco
(d) Florida

13. Where does Maya transfer to school?
(a) San Franciso High
(b) George Washington High School
(c) Jefferson High School
(d) Edgewater High

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

15. Who does Vivian marry after Maya has gone to live with her?
(a) no one
(b) Malcom X
(c) Mr. William Hardy
(d) Mr. Clidell

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya's mother tell her when she is worried about raising a child?

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

3. How does Maya react to her fight with Dolores?

4. Why does Maya's mother wake her and Bailey at night?

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

(see the answer keys)

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