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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 does life for the blacks in Stamps change following the fight?
(a) It gets much worse.
(b) It does not change at all.
(c) It gets better.
(d) It ends segregation.

2. What happens to Joyce?
(a) She runs away with a doctor.
(b) She runs away with a railroad porter.
(c) She dies.
(d) She runs away with a soldier.

3. What does Bailey do when someone insults Maya?
(a) ignores it
(b) joins in
(c) takes revenge
(d) tells Momma

4. What does Mr. Freedman order Maya to do?
(a) take off her clothes
(b) walk his dog
(c) read a book
(d) go to school

5. What does Maya think of her black skin?
(a) that it does not mean anything
(b) that it is strange
(c) that it is ugly
(d) that it is beautiful

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maya say about her senses following her troubles with Mr. Freedman?

3. How does Maya feel once she is back in Stamps?

4. Why do Maya and her brother go to live with their grandmother in Stamps?

5. What do the black men do for the big summer gathering?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the black church goers feel about the whites?

2. What are the only two rules Momma has about children?

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

4. Describe Maya's thoughts as she watches the cotton pickers.

5. What are black girls supposed to learn in Stamps and how do they learn it?

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

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

8. What does Maya say about childhood questions?

9. Describe Maya's grandparents who live in the West.

10. What does Mr. Freedman do to Maya?

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