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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 Momma and Maya go away before Bailey?
(a) Bailey has to finish school.
(b) They cannot afford three tickets.
(c) Bailey is the older of the two children.
(d) Momma is afraid for Maya.

2. How does Maya get to her new school in San Francisco?
(a) subway
(b) walks
(c) street car
(d) bus

3. What does Maya's mother think of Maya's fear of becoming a lesbian?
(a) It is scary.
(b) It is possible.
(c) It might be based in fact.
(d) It is silly.

4. Maya says has gained independence but lost what?
(a) happiness
(b) understanding
(c) innocence
(d) love

5. What does her mother say about Maya's pregnancy?
(a) that she has to go live in Stamps
(b) that those things happen
(c) that Maya is a whore
(d) asks if she wants to marry the boy

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Miss Kerwin treat her black and white students?

2. Why are Maya and Bailey being sent away?

3. What does Mr. Taylor say about his dead wife and children?

4. Maya think lesbians are the same as _________.

5. Why is Maya afraid to go home to her mother's?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Bailey changed in Maya's absence and what is Vivian's reaction to him?

2. What happens to Maya when she starts school in San Francisco?

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

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

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

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

7. What happens when Momma and Maya arrive in St. Louis?

8. What happened that upset Bailey so much before he goes to California?

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

10. What happens with Dolores when Maya and her father return from Mexico?

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