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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 Bailey get to Baton Rouge?
(a) hitchhikes
(b) drives Momma's car
(c) hops a freight train
(d) tales a bus

2. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?
(a) The whites are looking for a black man.
(b) They are playing.
(c) His ex-wife is looking for him.
(d) They do not want Bailey to know where he is.

3. What does Maya call the time she spends with Mrs. Flowers?
(a) her white people time
(b) her down time
(c) her quiet time
(d) her lessons in living

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

5. Why do Maya and her brother go to live with their grandmother in Stamps?
(a) Their mother is sick.
(b) Their parents divorce.
(c) Their parents are killed.
(d) Their parents do not want them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maya get out of working for Mrs. Cullinan?

2. What does Bailey do for Joyce?

3. What does Maya decide to do after Mr. Freedman is stopped?

4. How does segregation affect the attitude of blacks towards whites?

5. What do the black women do for the yearly gathering in Stamps?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maya say about Reverend Howard Thomas?

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

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

4. How does Maya feel about coming back to Stamps and what does she learn from the blacks there?

5. How do blacks in Stamps view white people and money?

6. Why do people stay at Momma's after the fight?

7. How does Maya interact with Mrs. Flowers?

8. What does Mr. Freedman do to Maya?

9. Why is Saturday important to Maya?

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

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