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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are girls in Stamps required to learn?
(a) dressmaking and baking
(b) childcare, sewing and driving
(c) cooking and cleaning
(d) embroidery, crochet and tatting

3. What does Mrs. Cullinan call Maya?
(a) Mary
(b) Marguerite
(c) Glory
(d) Lizzie

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Mr. Freedman after court?

2. What are two things that interest the neighbors?

3. What does Mrs. Flowers tell Maya about language?

4. How does Maya punish herself when she does not measure flour correctly?

5. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?

(see the answer key)

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