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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 Dolores call Vivian?

2. Where does Maya sleep when she is on her own?

3. Who, according to blacks, is successful in spite of the oppression of white people?

4. Where does Maya's father work?

5. How far is Maya moved up when she starts school in San Francisco?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does her mother say and do about Maya's pregnancy?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. Describe Maya's reaction to Edward Donleavy's speech about blacks.

7. Why does Maya think she might be a lesbian and what does she think a lesbian is?

8. Explain how blacks avoid lying, according to Maya.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Do you think class determines a person's final position in society? Why or why not?

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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