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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Louis goes down temporarily how does it feel to the blacks?
(a) like slavery just got reenacted
(b) like another whipping or lynching
(c) like their dreams were dead
(d) like segregation is never going to end

2. What does Momma give Maya for graduation?
(a) a new dress
(b) a business suit
(c) a Mickey Mouse watch
(d) a used car

3. Why do the cotton pickers complain at the end of the day?
(a) They need more jobs.
(b) They work too hard.
(c) They are always cut.
(d) They think the scales are weighted.

4. What is the biggest gathering of the year in Stamps for black people?
(a) Memorial day
(b) Summer fish fry
(c) Fourth of July
(d) Labor day

5. Why are Maya and Bailey being sent away?
(a) Stamps is too segregated.
(b) Their father wants them.
(c) Momma is too old.
(d) Momma does not want them anymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some white men do that makes Bailey so upset one night?

2. How does Maya see living in St. Louis?

3. What does Maya find interesting about poor people's attitude towards God?

4. Where does Vivian go when she leaves Maya and Momma in St. Louis?

5. What does Momma make the white dentist do?

(see the answer key)

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