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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Reverend Howard Thomas?
(a) a presiding elder in the church
(b) Momma's brother
(c) Uncle Willie's friend
(d) the preacher on television

2. 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

3. What does Maya do with her panties after Mr. Freedman attacks her?
(a) burns them
(b) throws them away
(c) hides them
(d) show them to her mother

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

5. How does Maya feel once she is back in Stamps?
(a) scared
(b) anxious
(c) excited
(d) relaxed

Short Answer Questions

1. What are girls in Stamps required to learn?

2. Who does Maya speak to finally after spending time with Mrs. Flowers?

3. Who are the fighters that the blacks are listening to during a match broadcast on the radio?

4. What does Maya wish when she reads books about heroes?

5. What does Mr. Freedman order Maya to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maya feel about her grandmother's store?

2. Why are people gathered at the store in Chapter 19 and why are the children excited?

3. How does Momma believe black people should live in order to be safe?

4. What does Maya say about childhood questions?

5. What does Maya say about Reverend Howard Thomas?

6. Describe the activities of the blacks' Summer Fish Fry.

7. How does Maya feel about coming back to Stamps and what does she learn from the blacks there?

8. Who is Joyce and what happens to her?

9. What does Maya say she learns from her mother's family?

10. Why do people stay at Momma's after the fight?

(see the answer keys)

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