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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 think of her black skin?

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

3. Where does Maya say a person's values and opinions are formed?

4. What does Maya hear all night when Uncle Willie is hiding?

5. Why have many black children never seen a white person in Stamps?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe how Uncle Willie feels about his handicap?

4. What does Maya learn to understand, and later believe, about cotton pickers?

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

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

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

8. Who is Joyce and what happens to her?

9. What are the only two rules Momma has about children?

10. Why is Bailey late coming home in Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Maya's grandmother told Willie about her trip to the white dentist they both felt she had won the encounter. What do you think and why?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Maya was quite old before she made a friend. How do you think not having friends in childhood might affect a person as an adult?

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