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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 Maya imagine the confrontation between Momma and the dentist?
(a) with Momma wrecking his office
(b) with Momma kicking him out of town
(c) with Momma hitting him over the head
(d) with Momma convincing him to see Maya

2. Why does Maya's mother wake her and Bailey at night?
(a) because she's drunk
(b) to move them out of her room
(c) for biscuits and chocolate milk
(d) to drill them about their school work

3. What does Mr. Taylor say about his dead wife and children?
(a) They should have adopted children.
(b) She talked to him last night.
(c) They did not need children.
(d) They were not able to have children.

4. How long does it take Maya to get a job with the street car company?
(a) three weeks
(b) two days
(c) a month
(d) a year

5. How does Maya react to her fight with Dolores?
(a) She apologizes.
(b) She slaps her.
(c) She tells Vivian.
(d) She gets scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "tripartite crossfire" that assaults young black girls?

2. Why is Maya worried about seeing her mother again?

3. What does Maya think about her supervisors on the job?

4. Where does Maya spend summer vacation?

5. What do the people at graduation sing after the valedictorian's speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Lafayette Training School and its students.

2. Why does Maya think she might be a lesbian and what does she think a lesbian is?

3. What happens to Maya's neighborhood in San Francisco during the war?

4. How does Maya feel about her pregnancy and what does she do?

5. How does Maya feel about school when she returns and what does she do about it?

6. What does Maya's father do for a living and how does he obtain what is necessary for the job?

7. Describe Mrs. Taylor's funeral and Maya's reaction.

8. What do the children do when they move to San Francisco?

9. What does Maya do when she leaves her father's friend's house?

10. Describe Maya's trip to Mexico with her father.

(see the answer keys)

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