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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. How did Uncle Willie become handicapped?
(a) hit by a car
(b) beat up by a white gang
(c) dropped as a baby
(d) born with it

2. What do the preachers talk about in relationship to God and whites?
(a) God is indifferent to them.
(b) They are favored by God.
(c) God hates them.
(d) They will receive punishment.

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

4. In Chapter 18, where do the cotton pickers go after eating dinner?
(a) to bed
(b) to see fireworks
(c) to friends' or family homes for a visit
(d) to a revival

5. What is Maya's mother by profession?
(a) a teacher
(b) a minister
(c) a librarian
(d) a nurse

Short Answer Questions

1. What does she learn from the prejudice the blacks face in Stamps?

2. How are the cotton pickers in the first chapter paid?

3. What are two things that interest the neighbors?

4. What do the blacks in Stamps think of Mrs. Flowers?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Freedman do to Maya?

2. Describe how Uncle Willie feels about his handicap?

3. Why is Saturday important to Maya?

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

5. How does Maya interact with Mrs. Flowers?

6. What does Maya say about childhood questions?

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

8. What does Maya learn to understand, and later believe, about cotton pickers?

9. How does Maya see Mrs. Flowers and how does she feel about her?

10. Why is Bailey late coming home in Chapter 17?

(see the answer keys)

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