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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where does Maya's father work?
(a) at a naval hospital
(b) at a school
(c) at the library
(d) he's a soldier

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

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

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

9. Where does Momma tell Maya and Bailey they will be going to live?
(a) in Florida
(b) with their father
(c) with their aunt
(d) with their mother

10. What does Mr. Taylor say about his dead wife and children?
(a) She talked to him last night.
(b) They did not need children.
(c) They were not able to have children.
(d) They should have adopted children.

11. What does Maya tell her father about Dolores?
(a) She is pretty.
(b) She is pretentious.
(c) She is awful.
(d) She is very nice.

12. Why do Momma and Maya go away before Bailey?
(a) Bailey is the older of the two children.
(b) Momma is afraid for Maya.
(c) They cannot afford three tickets.
(d) Bailey has to finish school.

13. What does Bailey do in response to his mother's dislike of his lifestyle?
(a) moves out
(b) quits hanging with his friends
(c) goes back to school
(d) slaps her

14. How does Maya prove she is not a lesbian?
(a) She sees a psychologist.
(b) She reads more books.
(c) She starts dating boys.
(d) She has sex with a boy.

15. Where does Maya's father take her after her fight with Dolores?
(a) to the hospital
(b) to a friend's house
(c) to the bus station
(d) to church

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maya start cutting school?

2. Why are the black people left alone in Maya's neighborhood in San Francisco?

3. How does Maya see the city of San Francisco?

4. What book does Maya read that exposes her to lesbianism?

5. What does Maya's mother think of Maya's fear of becoming a lesbian?

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