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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maya feel once she is back in Stamps?
(a) scared
(b) excited
(c) relaxed
(d) anxious

2. What does Maya see between the preachers during the revival that she has never seen before?
(a) competition
(b) indifference
(c) anger
(d) cooperation

3. Who is Reverend Howard Thomas?
(a) Uncle Willie's friend
(b) a presiding elder in the church
(c) the preacher on television
(d) Momma's brother

4. What does Bailey do when someone insults Maya?
(a) joins in
(b) takes revenge
(c) tells Momma
(d) ignores it

5. What does Maya say about her senses following her troubles with Mr. Freedman?
(a) They are very sensitive.
(b) They wax and wane.
(c) They are about the same.
(d) Colors are muted and sounds are dull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Mrs. Cullinan's main problems?

2. Why does Maya say she is so advanced in school?

3. What does Maya find out about her parents when she receives Christmas presents from them?

4. How does Bailey get to Baton Rouge?

5. How does life for the blacks in Stamps change following the fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Maya's reaction to her first Valentine.

2. What are black girls supposed to learn in Stamps and how do they learn it?

3. What does Maya say about Reverend Howard Thomas?

4. What does Maya say she learns from her mother's family?

5. How does Maya feel about her grandmother's store?

6. What does the children's father do when he takes them from Stamps?

7. As a child, how does Maya view herself physically?

8. How do the black church goers feel about the whites?

9. Why are people gathered at the store in Chapter 19 and why are the children excited?

10. Why is Bailey late coming home in Chapter 17?

(see the answer keys)

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