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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maya admire about Bailey?
(a) He knows how to steal from the white people.
(b) He beats up anyone who gives him a hard time.
(c) He can finish all his chores and homework and still read more.
(d) He is much taller than she.

2. What does she learn from the prejudice the blacks face in Stamps?
(a) how to love deeply
(b) the ability to be satisfied in spite of the inequities
(c) how to hate whites
(d) how to get rich even with segregation

3. What does Mrs. Flowers tell Maya about language?
(a) It is how man communicates.
(b) It is never clear what someone is saying.
(c) It is God's curse on humans.
(d) It does not matter how you talk.

4. Where does Maya say a person's values and opinions are formed?
(a) in church
(b) where the person grew up
(c) on the job
(d) in school

5. What does Maya think of Mrs. Flowers?
(a) She is the ideal human being.
(b) She is too nosy.
(c) She is too educated.
(d) She is mean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives the children peanut patties?

2. What happens to Mr. Freedman after court?

3. Why does Maya run away from the church in the Introduction?

4. What does Maya do with her panties after Mr. Freedman attacks her?

5. How does Maya imagine herself when she is very young?

(see the answer key)

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