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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?
(a) the front row
(b) in the back
(c) in the choir loft
(d) with the other children

2. Why does Maya want to go back to Stamps?
(a) she misses her grandmother.
(b) She hates the weather.
(c) She is frightened.
(d) She misses her friends.

3. What does Maya hear all night when Uncle Willie is hiding?
(a) blacks singing
(b) people running and yelling outside
(c) the minister preaching
(d) his whimpering

4. How did Uncle Willie become handicapped?
(a) dropped as a baby
(b) beat up by a white gang
(c) born with it
(d) hit by a car

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does segregation affect the attitude of blacks towards whites?

2. What does Maya think of Mrs. Flowers?

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

4. What does Maya find out about her parents when she receives Christmas presents from them?

5. What does Maya admire about Momma?

(see the answer key)

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