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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bailey do in his hideaway?
(a) sleeps
(b) plays games with other boys
(c) experiments with petting
(d) reads

2. What do Maya and her best friend call the language that they create?
(a) Lou
(b) Ugh
(c) Ameriring
(d) Tut

3. How old is Maya when she goes to work for Mrs. Cullinan?
(a) eight
(b) fourteen
(c) ten
(d) twelve

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives the children peanut patties?

2. How does Maya's mother's home seem to her after returning from her father's?

3. How does Maya get out of working for Mrs. Cullinan?

4. What does Uncle Willie do to punish mistakes in math that Maya makes?

5. What do the blacks ask in regard to the whites and judgment?

(see the answer key)

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