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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 Bailey feel about the neighbors questions?
(a) resentful
(b) anxious
(c) he enjoys the spotlight
(d) bored

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

3. What does Maya say about her senses following her troubles with Mr. Freedman?
(a) They are very sensitive.
(b) They wax and wane.
(c) Colors are muted and sounds are dull.
(d) They are about the same.

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

5. What are girls in Stamps required to learn?
(a) embroidery, crochet and tatting
(b) dressmaking and baking
(c) cooking and cleaning
(d) childcare, sewing and driving

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, where do the cotton pickers go after eating dinner?

2. Why do Maya and Momma hide Uncle Willie?

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

4. Who becomes Maya's first girlfriend?

5. What does Maya find out about her parents when she receives Christmas presents from them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maya say about Reverend Howard Thomas?

2. What does Maya say about childhood questions?

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

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

5. Describe how Uncle Willie feels about his handicap?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Maya's reaction to her first Valentine.

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