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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 does the author say determines the ethics of the people?

2. What do the boys in the gang do for money?

3. What does Willie tell Bailey is the reason white people hate blacks so much?

4. Why can Maya not become a lesbian, according to her mother?

5. What does Maya see as possible proof she is becoming a lesbian?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Maya decides she wants to work on the street car?

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

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

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

5. Describe Maya's perceptions and experience in her first year at George Washington High School.

6. What does Mr. Clidell teach Maya?

7. How has Bailey changed in Maya's absence and what is Vivian's reaction to him?

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

9. What happens to Maya when she starts school in San Francisco?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maya was quite old before she made a friend. How do you think not having friends in childhood might affect a person as an adult?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think racism still exits in America? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How do you think you would have felt if you had been a black in the 1930's South in the United States? Use examples from the book to illustrate your opinion.

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