2. What does Dolores tell Maya's father about marriage?
(a) She wants to marry him but not his children.
(b) She does not believe in marriage.
(c) She does not want to marry.
(d) She will marry if Maya will come to the wedding.

3. To what does Maya compare her grandmother's ability to calm Maya?
(a) petting a cat to calm it
(b) Jesus calming the sea
(c) soothing the forehead when sick
(d) drinking hot chocolate

4. Why is Maya uncomfortable about her new school in San Francisco?
(a) She does not have the right clothes to wear.
(b) Most of the class is Chinese.
(c) She travels through wealthy, white neighborhoods.
(d) She is not the smartest kid in school anymore.

5. What does Maya's new stepfather do for work?
(a) owns apartment buildings and pool halls
(b) doctor
(c) janitor
(d) basketball player

6. How does Maya imagine the confrontation between Momma and the dentist?
(a) with Momma convincing him to see Maya
(b) with Momma hitting him over the head
(c) with Momma wrecking his office
(d) with Momma kicking him out of town

7. What does the pregnancy prove to Maya, in her mind?
(a) She can have children.
(b) She likes boys.
(c) She is not a lesbian.
(d) She is a woman.

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

9. What does Vivian think when Maya returns home?
(a) Maya had a good time.
(b) Her father did not feed her well.
(c) Dolores is a bitch.
(d) Maya is acting up.

10. What does Maya take from Mrs. Flowers when she leaves?
(a) a piece of jewlery
(b) her scarf
(c) a satin cushion
(d) her gift of books

11. Why does George Taylor visit Momma?
(a) He is a friend of Uncle Willie's.
(b) He needs money.
(c) He likes the children.
(d) He is lonely.

12. Why does Maya have trouble concentrating at the first school she attends in San Francisco?
(a) There are a lot of cute boys.
(b) The school is mostly Chinese.
(c) The school is filled with troubled girls.
(d) The school sits next to the subway.

13. Why is Maya afraid to go home to her mother's?
(a) Her mother will see her injury.
(b) Her mother will blame her.
(c) Her mother will ground her.
(d) Her mother will kill her father.

14. Why does Maya drive the car back to Calexico?
(a) Her father takes off for South America.
(b) Her father is drunk.
(c) she does not drive the car because she is too young.
(d) Her father is sick.

15. What makes Maya's fear of death worse?
(a) seeing the lynchings in Stamps
(b) the minister talking about death
(c) when her dog dies
(d) thinking her mother was dead