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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Maya get out of working for Mrs. Cullinan?
(a) She steals her jewlery.
(b) She drops the good china.
(c) She leaves mud on the table.
(d) She breaks a window.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to Stamps to get the children?

2. What is Maya's mother by profession?

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

4. Who wins the fight between the black boxer and the white?

5. Who is Reverend Howard Thomas?

(see the answer key)

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