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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 many black doctors and dentists does Stamps have?
(a) five
(b) two
(c) one
(d) none

2. Why is Maya worried about seeing her mother again?
(a) She thinks her mother loves Bailey better.
(b) She feels guilty about the rape.
(c) She is afraid of her mother's boyfriend.
(d) She is afraid her mother has changed.

3. Where does Maya's father take her on a trip?
(a) Mexico
(b) Las Vegas
(c) Florida
(d) Canada

4. Why is Maya uncomfortable about her new school in San Francisco?
(a) Most of the class is Chinese.
(b) She does not have the right clothes to wear.
(c) She is not the smartest kid in school anymore.
(d) She travels through wealthy, white neighborhoods.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Maya and Bailey being sent away?

2. When does Maya's mother make Maya take the baby?

3. What does Bailey do in response to his mother's dislike of his lifestyle?

4. What does Dolores complain about when Maya and her father come in from the trip?

5. What kind of people does the street car company hire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Maya's neighborhood in San Francisco during the war?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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