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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maya tell Joyce?
(a) to go to church with them
(b) not to talk to her brother
(c) not to confuse her brother
(d) not to come to the store

2. Why does Maya give Bailey a dime?
(a) to get her candy
(b) to get her lipstick
(c) to go to the movies
(d) to buy a comic book

3. How does Maya imagine herself when she is very young?
(a) as a white man
(b) as a super black model
(c) as a blonde with blue eyes
(d) as a woman wearing furs and diamonds

4. How does Maya punish herself when she does not measure flour correctly?
(a) by not eating sweets
(b) by not going to the movies
(c) by cleaning the kitchen
(d) by not reading that night

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

6. As a young child who is Maya's favorite author?
(a) Hemmingway
(b) Stewart
(c) Shakespeare
(d) Baldwin

7. What does Maya hear all night when Uncle Willie is hiding?
(a) people running and yelling outside
(b) blacks singing
(c) his whimpering
(d) the minister preaching

8. What do the blacks ask in regard to the whites and judgment?
(a) Will the poor get to see the judgment?
(b) Will rich blacks be included?
(c) How bad is it going to be?
(d) When is it going to happen?

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

10. Why does Maya run away from the church in the Introduction?
(a) She falls asleep in church.
(b) She is afraid of God.
(c) She hates the minister.
(d) She wets herself.

11. What does Grandma Baxter do?
(a) She is a singer.
(b) She is a school teacher.
(c) She is a dancer.
(d) She is a precinct captain.

12. How does Bailey get to Baton Rouge?
(a) tales a bus
(b) hops a freight train
(c) hitchhikes
(d) drives Momma's car

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

14. What does Bailey do when someone insults Maya?
(a) joins in
(b) takes revenge
(c) tells Momma
(d) ignores it

15. What day of the week is exciting and different to Maya?
(a) Sunday
(b) Saturday
(c) Thursday
(d) Tuesday

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Maya find out about her parents when she receives Christmas presents from them?

4. What does Maya think of Mrs. Flowers?

5. Why is Bailey late getting home one Saturday?

(see the answer keys)

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