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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. What does Vivian think when Maya returns home?
(a) Dolores is a bitch.
(b) Maya had a good time.
(c) Her father did not feed her well.
(d) Maya is acting up.

2. Where does Maya's father work?
(a) at the library
(b) he's a soldier
(c) at a naval hospital
(d) at a school

3. Where does Maya spend summer vacation?
(a) in England on scholarship
(b) in Stamps
(c) with her father and his girlfriend
(d) she doesn't go anywhere

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

5. What does Momma tell the white dentist when he refuses to see Maya?
(a) God will strike him dead.
(b) His wife will be ashamed of him.
(c) She helped him when he was broke.
(d) It is against the law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maya's father take her after her fight with Dolores?

2. What does Mrs. Taylor's funeral do to Maya?

3. What job does Vivian do for work?

4. How does Maya's mother's home seem to her after returning from her father's?

5. What does Dolores call Vivian?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Clidell teach Maya?

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

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

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

5. Describe the Lafayette Training School and its students.

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

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

8. What does Momma do when Maya has cavities that need the attention of a dentist?

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

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

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