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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are girls in Stamps required to learn?

2. What does the young Maya think about white people?

3. What does Mrs. Cullinan call Maya?

4. What does Maya tell Joyce?

5. Where, according to the author, can childhood questions be answered?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maya say about Reverend Howard Thomas?

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

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

4. Describe Mrs. Cullinan.

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

6. Why is Saturday important to Maya?

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

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

9. How does Maya interact with Mrs. Flowers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think Maya's family's socioeconomic position affected her life as much as her race? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to illustrate your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Maya learns hope and faith through her religious community but also learns fear and hate from living in a segregated and oppressive environment. How do you think the positive values of hope and faith can balance the fear and hate in Maya's life? Use examples from the book to illustrate your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Many of our beliefs tend to form early, often they are false because as young people we sometimes don't have the information we need to filter out false thinking. Maya had many beliefs as a child that were false. What were three of these beliefs, in your opinion and why do you think they were false?

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