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

2. What does Dolores call Vivian?
(a) a two timer
(b) a creep
(c) a whore
(d) a smart woman

3. What does her stepfather teach her about con men?
(a) how to spot them
(b) how to con them
(c) to stay away from them
(d) how to join them

4. Why are Maya and Bailey being sent away?
(a) Momma is too old.
(b) Stamps is too segregated.
(c) Their father wants them.
(d) Momma does not want them anymore.

5. Who does Vivian marry after Maya has gone to live with her?
(a) Mr. Clidell
(b) Mr. William Hardy
(c) no one
(d) Malcom X

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bailey do in response to his mother's dislike of his lifestyle?

2. Who teaches Maya the rules of the junkyard?

3. What does her mother say about Maya's pregnancy?

4. With whom does Maya have adult conversations?

5. What kind of people does the street car company hire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the living arrangements for Maya and her family after her mother marries Mr. Clidell .

2. What happens between Dolores and Maya when Maya's father leaves her with Dolores?

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

4. How does Maya imagine her grandmother will handle the dentist?

5. What does her mother say and do about Maya's pregnancy?

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

7. Describe Maya's perceptions and experience in her first year at George Washington High School.

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

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

10. How does Maya decide to see if she is a lesbian and what happens?

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