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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 Bailey do when someone insults Maya?

2. What do the blacks ask in regard to the whites and judgment?

3. What does Mrs. Flowers tell Maya about language?

4. Who gives the children peanut patties?

5. How does Maya feel once she is back in Stamps?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do blacks in Stamps view white people and money?

2. Why are people gathered at the store in Chapter 19 and why are the children excited?

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

4. What are black girls supposed to learn in Stamps and how do they learn it?

5. Describe how Uncle Willie feels about his handicap?

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

7. As a child, how does Maya view herself physically?

8. What does Maya say she learns from her mother's family?

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

10. What does Maya say about Reverend Howard Thomas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think class determines a person's final position in society? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Maya learned young to fear death. How do you think life would be different if humans had a 500-year lifespan?

Essay Topic 3

Many of our beliefs tend to form early, often they are false because as young people we sometimes don't have the information we need to filter out false thinking. Maya had many beliefs as a child that were false. What were three of these beliefs, in your opinion and why do you think they were false?

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