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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. What does Joyce do that confuses Bailey?
(a) tells him about sex
(b) tells him she is a lesbian
(c) tells him to open his pants
(d) tells him he needs to grow up

2. What makes Maya proud to be black for the first time?
(a) Her Momma's store
(b) Mrs. Flowers
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Graduating from school

3. Who are the fighters that the blacks are listening to during a match broadcast on the radio?
(a) Ali and Fraiser
(b) Carmicheal and Veal
(c) Robinson and Louis
(d) Carnera and Louis

4. What does Maya admire about Bailey?
(a) He can finish all his chores and homework and still read more.
(b) He is much taller than she.
(c) He beats up anyone who gives him a hard time.
(d) He knows how to steal from the white people.

5. What do the blacks in Stamps think of Mrs. Flowers?
(a) She is a loose woman.
(b) She is an Uncle Tom.
(c) She is the nobility.
(d) She is too white.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya tell Joyce?

2. Why do Maya and Bailey dislike the Reverend Thomas?

3. Where do Bailey and Maya sit in church?

4. What does Maya decide to do after Mr. Freedman is stopped?

5. How does Maya see living in St. Louis?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maya interact with Mrs. Flowers?

2. What does the children's father do when he takes them from Stamps?

3. How do blacks in Stamps view white people and money?

4. Describe Mrs. Cullinan.

5. Describe what happens after Maya's mother finds her panties.

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

7. What does Maya say about childhood questions?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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