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

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

3. What kind of men are Maya's uncles?
(a) educated and rich
(b) soft spoken and courteous
(c) slow learners
(d) mean and violent

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who comes to Stamps to get the children?

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

4. What does Maya hear all night when Uncle Willie is hiding?

5. What is a black person risking to speak to a white person, according to Momma?

(see the answer key)

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