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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 Willie tell Bailey is the reason white people hate blacks so much?

2. Why are the black people left alone in Maya's neighborhood in San Francisco?

3. What does Dolores tell Maya's father about marriage?

4. Why does George Taylor visit Momma?

5. Where does Momma tell Maya and Bailey they will be going to live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Momma and Maya arrive in St. Louis?

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

3. What happens when Maya decides she wants to work on the street car?

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

5. What does Maya's father do for a living and how does he obtain what is necessary for the job?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Maya learned the power of words from Mrs. Flowers. How do you think your life is affected by words?

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