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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 is Maya afraid to go home to her mother's?
(a) Her mother will see her injury.
(b) Her mother will kill her father.
(c) Her mother will ground her.
(d) Her mother will blame her.

2. When does Maya's mother make Maya take the baby?
(a) in a year
(b) three weeks after he is born
(c) never
(d) right away

3. How does Maya's mother's home seem to her after returning from her father's?
(a) smaller and quieter
(b) boring
(c) exciting
(d) noisy and confusing

4. To what does Maya compare her grandmother's ability to calm Maya?
(a) petting a cat to calm it
(b) Jesus calming the sea
(c) soothing the forehead when sick
(d) drinking hot chocolate

5. How far is Maya moved up when she starts school in San Francisco?
(a) one semester
(b) two years
(c) two semesters
(d) she is not moved up

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vivian teach the children about other cultures?

2. Where does Maya go when she runs from her father?

3. What does Momma make the white dentist do?

4. Where does Momma take Maya when she needs a dentist?

5. Who holds all the money in the gang Maya joins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Clidell teach Maya?

2. What happens when Maya decides she wants to work on the street car?

3. How does her mother's house feel to Maya when she returns and does she think she is better off having gone to her father's?

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

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

6. Describe the reason for George Taylor's visit and the visit itself.

7. Explain how blacks avoid lying, according to Maya.

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

9. Describe the Lafayette Training School and its students.

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

(see the answer keys)

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