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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Maya feel about communication with the dead?
(a) excited
(b) unbelieving
(c) bored
(d) terrified

3. How do Momma and Willie see Momma's confrontation with the dentist?
(a) as a failure
(b) as a victory
(c) as a step backwards
(d) as par for the course

4. What is the "tripartite crossfire" that assaults young black girls?
(a) fear, babies and black men
(b) lack of power, lack of money and self-hatred
(c) ignorance, greed and indifference
(d) prejudice, white hate and a lack of power

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

6. What happens after the baby is born?
(a) Maya is afraid to touch him.
(b) She goes to Stamps.
(c) She wants another baby.
(d) She gets pregnant again.

7. How does Maya feel about being pregnant?
(a) like the world is ending
(b) she loves it
(c) confused
(d) excited

8. How does Vivian teach the children about other cultures?
(a) giving them books to read
(b) introducing them to people from other countries
(c) through food
(d) taking them to different parts of the city

9. Where does Maya sleep when she is on her own?
(a) at a hotel
(b) under a bridge
(c) in an abandoned car
(d) in the library

10. Who teaches Maya the rules of the junkyard?
(a) a boy named James
(b) no one, she's not at a junkyard
(c) a boy named Bootsie
(d) a girl named Sabina

11. Maya says has gained independence but lost what?
(a) innocence
(b) happiness
(c) understanding
(d) love

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

13. What does Maya think about her supervisors on the job?
(a) They are discriminating against her.
(b) They are very competent.
(c) They are not prejudiced.
(d) They like her.

14. How does Maya react to her fight with Dolores?
(a) She gets scared.
(b) She apologizes.
(c) She tells Vivian.
(d) She slaps her.

15. What job does Vivian do for work?
(a) runs card games
(b) social worker
(c) maid
(d) teacher

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maya feel about the threat of bombings during the war?

2. What kind of people does the street car company hire?

3. How is Bailey changing in San Francisco?

4. Why can Maya not become a lesbian, according to her mother?

5. Where does Maya transfer to school?

(see the answer keys)

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