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

2. What does the young Maya think about white people?
(a) They smell funny.
(b) They are dumb.
(c) They are ungodly.
(d) They cannot be human.

3. 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.

4. How do Maya and Bailey feel when they get Christmas presents from their parents?
(a) happy
(b) grateful
(c) angry
(d) depressed

5. What does Maya think of her black skin?
(a) that it is ugly
(b) that it is strange
(c) that it is beautiful
(d) that it does not mean anything

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Reverend Howard Thomas?

3. What does Maya admire about Momma?

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

5. How are the cotton pickers in the first chapter paid?

(see the answer key)

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