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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. In Chapter 18, where do the cotton pickers go after eating dinner?
(a) to friends' or family homes for a visit
(b) to a revival
(c) to see fireworks
(d) to bed

2. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?
(a) in the back
(b) in the choir loft
(c) the front row
(d) with the other children

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

4. What happens to Joyce?
(a) She runs away with a railroad porter.
(b) She dies.
(c) She runs away with a doctor.
(d) She runs away with a soldier.

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 feel contempt towards the whites
(d) makes the blacks pity the whites

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma Baxter do?

2. Who gives the children peanut patties?

3. Why have many black children never seen a white person in Stamps?

4. How many times has Momma been married?

5. What is a black person risking to speak to a white person, according to Momma?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Mrs. Cullinan.

3. Why is Saturday important to Maya?

4. How does Maya interact with Mrs. Flowers?

5. What does Maya say about childhood questions?

6. Describe Maya's grandparents who live in the West.

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

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

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

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

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