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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say determines the ethics of the people?
(a) parents of children
(b) the needs of society
(c) the education of citizens
(d) teaching of the church

2. How do Maya and Bailey feel when they get Christmas presents from their parents?
(a) grateful
(b) depressed
(c) angry
(d) happy

3. What kind of men are Maya's uncles?
(a) soft spoken and courteous
(b) mean and violent
(c) educated and rich
(d) slow learners

4. What does her stepfather teach her about con men?
(a) how to join them
(b) to stay away from them
(c) how to con them
(d) how to spot them

5. What do some white men do that makes Bailey so upset one night?
(a) They threaten Maya.
(b) They threaten to lynch him.
(c) They beat him.
(d) They make him carry the body of a black man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Maya uncomfortable about her new school in San Francisco?

2. Who becomes Maya's first girlfriend?

3. What does Momma make the white dentist do?

4. What does Maya hear all night when Uncle Willie is hiding?

5. What does Willie tell Bailey is the reason white people hate blacks so much?

(see the answer key)

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