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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maya find out about her parents when she receives Christmas presents from them?
(a) that they are rich
(b) that they live in Florida
(c) that they dislike their children
(d) that they are alive

2. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?
(a) They are playing.
(b) His ex-wife is looking for him.
(c) The whites are looking for a black man.
(d) They do not want Bailey to know where he is.

3. What happens to Maya and Bailey after the incident with Mr. Freedman?
(a) They are put in a boarding school.
(b) They are sent back to Stamps.
(c) They are put in a foster home.
(d) They are sent to their father's home.

4. How does segregation affect the attitude of blacks towards whites?
(a) makes the blacks feel contempt towards the whites
(b) makes the blacks pity the whites
(c) makes the blacks admire the whites
(d) makes the blacks hate the whites

5. Where do the children go when they leave Stamps?
(a) to their mother's home
(b) to a foster home
(c) they never leave Stamps
(d) to their aunt's home

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maya do with her panties after Mr. Freedman attacks her?

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

4. What makes Maya proud to be black for the first time?

5. What does Maya call the time she spends with Mrs. Flowers?

(see the answer key)

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