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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. Where does Maya's father take her on a trip?

2. Why can Maya not become a lesbian, according to her mother?

3. How does Dolores feel about Maya?

4. How does Maya feel about the threat of bombings during the war?

5. Why are Maya and Bailey being sent away?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does her mother's house feel to Maya when she returns and does she think she is better off having gone to her father's?

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

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

7. What does Momma do when Maya has cavities that need the attention of a dentist?

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

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

10. How does Maya decide to see if she is a lesbian and what happens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If Maya Angelou were your grandmother what would you say to other students who asked you about her?

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

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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