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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a young child who is Maya's favorite author?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Baldwin
(c) Hemmingway
(d) Stewart

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

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

4. What is a black person risking to speak to a white person, according to Momma?
(a) sounding stupid
(b) his or her life
(c) being made fun of
(d) having to go to jail

5. What makes Maya proud to be black for the first time?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Mrs. Flowers
(c) Her Momma's store
(d) Graduating from school

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Willie do to punish mistakes in math that Maya makes?

2. What does Maya think of Mrs. Flowers?

3. How does Maya punish herself when she does not measure flour correctly?

4. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?

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

(see the answer key)

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