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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 teaches Maya the rules of the junkyard?
(a) a boy named Bootsie
(b) no one, she's not at a junkyard
(c) a boy named James
(d) a girl named Sabina

2. What job does Vivian do for work?
(a) runs card games
(b) maid
(c) teacher
(d) social worker

3. Why does George Taylor visit Momma?
(a) He likes the children.
(b) He needs money.
(c) He is lonely.
(d) He is a friend of Uncle Willie's.

4. What does Maya's mother tell her when she is worried about raising a child?
(a) She will be fine because it is natural.
(b) She will help her.
(c) She should take a parenting class.
(d) Being a parent is very difficult.

5. What does Dolores tell Maya's father about marriage?
(a) She does not believe in marriage.
(b) She does not want to marry.
(c) She wants to marry him but not his children.
(d) She will marry if Maya will come to the wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dolores complain about when Maya and her father come in from the trip?

2. Where does Maya spend summer vacation?

3. How is racism practiced in San Francisco?

4. How does Vivian teach the children about other cultures?

5. What does Maya tell her father about Dolores?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maya decide to see if she is a lesbian and what happens?

2. How does Maya feel about school when she returns and what does she do about it?

3. What happens with Dolores when Maya and her father return from Mexico?

4. Describe the living arrangements for Maya and her family after her mother marries Mr. Clidell .

5. What happens between Dolores and Maya when Maya's father leaves her with Dolores?

6. What does Maya do when she leaves her father's friend's house?

7. What happens when Momma and Maya arrive in St. Louis?

8. How does her mother's house feel to Maya when she returns and does she think she is better off having gone to her father's?

9. How does Maya feel about San Francisco as a community?

10. How does Maya imagine her grandmother will handle the dentist?

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