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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 | Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uncle Willie do to punish mistakes in math that Maya makes?
(a) does not give her dinner
(b) slaps her on the head
(c) touches her fingers to the stove
(d) sprays her with cold water

2. What does Bailey do when someone insults Maya?
(a) takes revenge
(b) tells Momma
(c) ignores it
(d) joins in

3. Where, according to the author, can childhood questions be answered?
(a) by reading about childhood
(b) by their parents
(c) by their mother
(d) in the town in which the child grew up

4. Why do Maya and her brother go to live with their grandmother in Stamps?
(a) Their parents are killed.
(b) Their mother is sick.
(c) Their parents do not want them.
(d) Their parents divorce.

5. Why have many black children never seen a white person in Stamps?
(a) The blacks do not go in the white section of town.
(b) There are no white people in Stamps.
(c) The white people abuse black children.
(d) Segregation is absolute.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has Momma been married?

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

3. Why does Maya want to go back to Stamps?

4. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?

5. How do Maya and Bailey feel when they get Christmas presents from their parents?

(see the answer key)

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