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

2. What does Mr. Taylor say about his dead wife and children?
(a) They did not need children.
(b) They were not able to have children.
(c) She talked to him last night.
(d) They should have adopted children.

3. Where does Vivian go when she leaves Maya and Momma in St. Louis?
(a) Stamps
(b) San Francisco
(c) New York
(d) Florida

4. Who holds all the money in the gang Maya joins?
(a) Bootsie
(b) Maya
(c) Sabrina
(d) James

5. What kind of people does the street car company hire?
(a) educated people
(b) high school graduates
(c) white people
(d) Chinese

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Momma give Maya for graduation?

2. How does the black community treat the graduates of Lafayette Training School?

3. How does Maya see the city of San Francisco?

4. Maya says has gained independence but lost what?

5. What makes Maya's fear of death worse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Momma do when Maya has cavities that need the attention of a dentist?

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

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

4. Describe the reason for George Taylor's visit and the visit itself.

5. What happens to Maya's neighborhood in San Francisco during the war?

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

7. What do the children do when they move to San Francisco?

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

9. How does Maya feel about her pregnancy and what does she do?

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

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