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

2. Why does Maya give Bailey a dime?
(a) to get her candy
(b) to go to the movies
(c) to buy a comic book
(d) to get her lipstick

3. Why is Bailey late getting home one Saturday?
(a) He is beaten by white boys.
(b) He gets drunk on alcohol.
(c) He goes to a movie.
(d) He gets lost in the city.

4. Who comes to Stamps to get the children?
(a) no one
(b) Bailey Johnson Senior
(c) Aunt Hilda
(d) Vivian Johnson

5. What does Maya do with the first Valentine she ever receives?
(a) burns it
(b) presses it in a book
(c) tears it up
(d) throws it away

Short Answer Questions

1. When Louis goes down temporarily how does it feel to the blacks?

2. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?

3. What do the black men do for the big summer gathering?

4. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?

5. What are two things that interest the neighbors?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mrs. Cullinan.

2. What does Maya learn to understand, and later believe, about cotton pickers?

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

4. What does Mr. Freedman do to Maya?

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

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

7. What does Maya say about childhood questions?

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

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

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

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