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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Momma take Maya when she needs a dentist?
(a) Dr. Sarvey
(b) no where
(c) Dr. Lincoln
(d) to California

2. Why does Maya's mother wake her and Bailey at night?
(a) for biscuits and chocolate milk
(b) to drill them about their school work
(c) because she's drunk
(d) to move them out of her room

3. Why is Maya worried about seeing her mother again?
(a) She thinks her mother loves Bailey better.
(b) She feels guilty about the rape.
(c) She is afraid her mother has changed.
(d) She is afraid of her mother's boyfriend.

4. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?
(a) They are playing.
(b) They do not want Bailey to know where he is.
(c) The whites are looking for a black man.
(d) His ex-wife is looking for him.

5. How did Uncle Willie become handicapped?
(a) born with it
(b) beat up by a white gang
(c) dropped as a baby
(d) hit by a car

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Vivian marry after Maya has gone to live with her?

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

3. How does Bailey get to Baton Rouge?

4. What does her stepfather teach her about con men?

5. How does life for the blacks in Stamps change following the fight?

(see the answer key)

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