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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 does George Taylor visit Momma?
(a) He needs money.
(b) He is a friend of Uncle Willie's.
(c) He likes the children.
(d) He is lonely.

2. Why are the black people left alone in Maya's neighborhood in San Francisco?
(a) They are not a threat.
(b) There are too many blacks for the whites to control.
(c) They are doing all the dirty work.
(d) The whites have the Japanese to harrass.

3. How is racism practiced in San Francisco?
(a) covertly
(b) there is none
(c) violently
(d) openly

4. What does the author say determines the ethics of the people?
(a) teaching of the church
(b) the needs of society
(c) parents of children
(d) the education of citizens

5. What does Maya's mother tell her when she is worried about raising a child?
(a) She will help her.
(b) She should take a parenting class.
(c) She will be fine because it is natural.
(d) Being a parent is very difficult.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Momma tell Maya and Bailey they will be going to live?

2. Where does Maya's father work?

3. Why do Momma and Maya go away before Bailey?

4. Who does Vivian marry after Maya has gone to live with her?

5. What does Momma make the white dentist do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Maya stay after leaving her father's friend's?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Mr. Clidell teach Maya?

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

10. Describe Maya's reaction to Edward Donleavy's speech about blacks.

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