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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 Mr. Taylor say about his dead wife and children?
(a) She talked to him last night.
(b) They did not need children.
(c) They should have adopted children.
(d) They were not able to have children.

2. What is Maya's rank in her graduating class?
(a) at the bottom
(b) second
(c) in the middle
(d) first

3. What does Mrs. Taylor's funeral do to Maya?
(a) makes her happy
(b) helps her grow up
(c) makes the word "death" real
(d) makes her sad

4. 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) Being a parent is very difficult.
(d) She will be fine because it is natural.

5. How does Maya react to her fight with Dolores?
(a) She slaps her.
(b) She gets scared.
(c) She apologizes.
(d) She tells Vivian.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why are Maya and Bailey being sent away?

4. How is racism practiced in San Francisco?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens to Maya when she starts school in San Francisco?

9. Describe Maya's trip to Mexico with her father.

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

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