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

2. Who is Reverend Howard Thomas?
(a) Uncle Willie's friend
(b) Momma's brother
(c) a presiding elder in the church
(d) the preacher on television

3. What does Maya decide to do after Mr. Freedman is stopped?
(a) go to college
(b) become a prostitute
(c) run away
(d) never speak to anyone again

4. Why does Maya want to go back to Stamps?
(a) she misses her grandmother.
(b) She is frightened.
(c) She misses her friends.
(d) She hates the weather.

5. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?
(a) The whites are looking for a black man.
(b) His ex-wife is looking for him.
(c) They do not want Bailey to know where he is.
(d) They are playing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bailey do when someone insults Maya?

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

3. What is Maya's mother by profession?

4. What kind of men are Maya's uncles?

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

(see the answer key)

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