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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maya tell Joyce?
(a) to go to church with them
(b) not to confuse her brother
(c) not to come to the store
(d) not to talk to her brother

2. What does Maya tell her father about Dolores?
(a) She is awful.
(b) She is pretty.
(c) She is pretentious.
(d) She is very nice.

3. What does Maya take from Mrs. Flowers when she leaves?
(a) a piece of jewlery
(b) her scarf
(c) a satin cushion
(d) her gift of books

4. What does Maya do with her panties after Mr. Freedman attacks her?
(a) hides them
(b) show them to her mother
(c) burns them
(d) throws them away

5. Why does Maya have trouble concentrating at the first school she attends in San Francisco?
(a) The school sits next to the subway.
(b) There are a lot of cute boys.
(c) The school is mostly Chinese.
(d) The school is filled with troubled girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya admire about Momma?

2. What happens to Maya and Bailey after the incident with Mr. Freedman?

3. What do the blacks in Stamps think of Mrs. Flowers?

4. How many times has Momma been married?

5. Why does Maya drive the car back to Calexico?

(see the answer key)

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