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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya find interesting about poor people's attitude towards God?

2. Who becomes Maya's first girlfriend?

3. What is a black person risking to speak to a white person, according to Momma?

4. What does Grandma Baxter do?

5. Who gives the children peanut patties?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the children's father do when he takes them from Stamps?

2. How does Momma believe black people should live in order to be safe?

3. How does Maya see Mrs. Flowers and how does she feel about her?

4. Describe Mrs. Cullinan.

5. Describe Maya's thoughts as she watches the cotton pickers.

6. Describe Maya's grandparents who live in the West.

7. Describe the activities of the blacks' Summer Fish Fry.

8. What does Maya say about Reverend Howard Thomas?

9. Describe Bailey's hideaway and what he does there.

10. Describe what happens after Maya's mother finds her panties.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Years after Maya's rape she still suffered from fear and guilt. Why do you think these feelings continued in her?

Essay Topic 2

Maya was smart and usually worked hard in school. How do you think being intelligent helped her deal with all the problems in her life?

Essay Topic 3

There were many reasons Maya did not fit into school or home. What do you think she could have done to fit in better at her white school? What could the other children have done to help?

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