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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the cotton pickers in the first chapter paid?
(a) by the weight of cotton they pick
(b) by a company store credit
(c) by the hour
(d) with food

2. How does Bailey feel about the neighbors questions?
(a) resentful
(b) he enjoys the spotlight
(c) bored
(d) anxious

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

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

5. Who are the fighters that the blacks are listening to during a match broadcast on the radio?
(a) Carnera and Louis
(b) Ali and Fraiser
(c) Robinson and Louis
(d) Carmicheal and Veal

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Maya give Bailey a dime?

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

4. Who comes to Stamps to get the children?

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

(see the answer key)

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