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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. 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.

2. What does Maya admire about Bailey?
(a) He beats up anyone who gives him a hard time.
(b) He knows how to steal from the white people.
(c) He is much taller than she.
(d) He can finish all his chores and homework and still read more.

3. What does Maya do with her panties after Mr. Freedman attacks her?
(a) show them to her mother
(b) hides them
(c) burns them
(d) throws them away

4. How does Maya see living in St. Louis?
(a) as exciting
(b) like being in a foreign country
(c) as calm and peaceful
(d) as sad and lonely

5. How does segregation affect the attitude of blacks towards whites?
(a) makes the blacks hate the whites
(b) makes the blacks admire the whites
(c) makes the blacks pity the whites
(d) makes the blacks feel contempt towards the whites

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bailey build a hideaway?

2. What in the movies reminds Bailey of his mother?

3. What do the blacks ask in regard to the whites and judgment?

4. Why does Maya want to go back to Stamps?

5. What does Maya admire about Momma?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Maya see Mrs. Flowers and how does she feel about her?

4. Why is Saturday important to Maya?

5. What does Maya say about Reverend Howard Thomas?

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

7. How does Maya interact with Mrs. Flowers?

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

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

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

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