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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. As a young child who is Maya's favorite author?

2. Who wins the fight between the black boxer and the white?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Joyce and what happens to her?

4. What does Maya say about Reverend Howard Thomas?

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

6. How does Momma believe black people should live in order to be safe?

7. How does Bailey interact with people once they are back in Stamps?

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

9. Why is Saturday important to Maya?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were many reasons Maya did not fit into school or home. What do you think she could have done to fit in better at her white school? What could the other children have done to help?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think Maya had to grow up too fast? Why? Use examples from the book to illustrate your opinion.

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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