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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of Mrs. Cullinan's main problems?
(a) She is uneducated.
(b) She is black.
(c) She is an alcoholic.
(d) She is poor.

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

3. What does Maya find out about her parents when she receives Christmas presents from them?
(a) that they are rich
(b) that they are alive
(c) that they live in Florida
(d) that they dislike their children

4. What happens to Maya and Bailey after the incident with Mr. Freedman?
(a) They are put in a boarding school.
(b) They are sent to their father's home.
(c) They are sent back to Stamps.
(d) They are put in a foster home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maya's mother by profession?

2. What does Maya call the time she spends with Mrs. Flowers?

3. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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