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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 the black community treat the graduates of Lafayette Training School?
(a) like college graduates
(b) like laborers
(c) no different than anyone else
(d) like royalty

2. How is Bailey changing in San Francisco?
(a) He is quieter.
(b) He is more timid.
(c) He is more studious.
(d) He is becoming more street smart.

3. What are the graduates of Lafayette Training School expected to become?
(a) business owners
(b) doctors and lawyers
(c) farmers, maids, handymen and carpenters
(d) politicians

4. What makes Maya's fear of death worse?
(a) when her dog dies
(b) seeing the lynchings in Stamps
(c) the minister talking about death
(d) thinking her mother was dead

5. How does Miss Kerwin treat her black and white students?
(a) she favors the Chinese
(b) equally
(c) she favors the whites
(d) she favors the blacks

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after the baby is born?

2. What does Willie tell Bailey is the reason white people hate blacks so much?

3. After Bailey gets to St. Louis how long do they stay waiting for their mother?

4. What do Bailey and Maya have in common since her return from her father's?

5. Why does Maya drive the car back to Calexico?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Maya feel about San Francisco as a community?

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

(see the answer keys)

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