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

2. What does Maya admire about Momma?
(a) her strength and power
(b) her beauty
(c) her intelligence
(d) her wealth

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?

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

3. What does Maya admire about Bailey?

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

5. Where does Maya say a person's values and opinions are formed?

(see the answer key)

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