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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. What does Maya think of her black skin?
(a) that it does not mean anything
(b) that it is strange
(c) that it is beautiful
(d) that it is ugly

2. Who becomes Maya's first girlfriend?
(a) Susie Turner
(b) Ruth Potter
(c) Louise Kendricks
(d) Millie Hanks

3. Why does Maya say she is so advanced in school?
(a) The schools are better in the South.
(b) She is very smart.
(c) Her grandmother sent her to private school.
(d) Uncle Willie and boredom make her read more.

4. Why do the blacks say it is fine for the whites to have money?
(a) God loves the black people.
(b) Blacks have more love.
(c) The rich are lonely.
(d) The rich will burn in hell.

5. What does she learn from the prejudice the blacks face in Stamps?
(a) how to get rich even with segregation
(b) the ability to be satisfied in spite of the inequities
(c) how to hate whites
(d) how to love deeply

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya tell Joyce?

2. Where do the children go when they leave Stamps?

3. How does Bailey feel about the neighbors questions?

4. Who gives the children peanut patties?

5. Why does Maya give Bailey a dime?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens after Maya's mother finds her panties.

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

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

4. Why is Saturday important to Maya?

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

6. Who is Joyce and what happens to her?

7. How does Bailey interact with people once they are back in Stamps?

8. Describe how Uncle Willie feels about his handicap?

9. Describe Bailey's hideaway and what he does there.

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

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