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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 | Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the children go when they leave Stamps?
(a) to their mother's home
(b) to a foster home
(c) they never leave Stamps
(d) to their aunt's home

2. Why does Maya run away from the church in the Introduction?
(a) She is afraid of God.
(b) She hates the minister.
(c) She wets herself.
(d) She falls asleep in church.

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

4. How does Maya punish herself when she does not measure flour correctly?
(a) by cleaning the kitchen
(b) by not reading that night
(c) by not eating sweets
(d) by not going to the movies

5. How are the cotton pickers in the first chapter paid?
(a) by the hour
(b) with food
(c) by a company store credit
(d) by the weight of cotton they pick

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do Maya and Bailey dislike the Reverend Thomas?

3. Why do Maya and her brother go to live with their grandmother in Stamps?

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

5. As a young child who is Maya's favorite author?

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