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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Dee
B Hakim-a-barber
C Wangero
D Maggie
Question #2
A Place them on the bed to keep warm
B Display them in an art gallery
C Hang them up as decorative pieces
D Turn them into coats
Question #3
A Tradition such as by learning how to quilt by hand
B Memories of where she came from by collecting stories
C Material items like a butter churn
D Evidence of their history such as a family tree
Question #4
A Maggie and Mama
B The quilts hanging on the wall
C The milk cow
D The run-down house
Question #5
A There are yellows and oranges enough to throw back the light of the sun.
B Hair…hanging from his chin like a kinky mule tail.
C Meanwhile, Asalamalakim is going through the motions
D “Uhnnnh,” is what is sounds like.
Question #6
A There were no schools for colored students when she was growing up
B The school closed when she was still a girl
C She became pregnant as a teenager
D She was forced to support her family with a job
Question #7
A Detailed description which creates vivid images
B Conversational aspects such as sentence fragments and meandering thought process
C The use of colloquial African language
D Deliberate vocabulary which raises the awareness of the reader
Question #8
A Harsh, confident, she never had friends
B Stylish, from clothes down to her neat feet
C In need, asking for help and money
D Lighter skin, pale heels
Question #9
A The window shattered on her when she tried to run away once.
B She fell onto the stove as a child.
C Her father abused her before he left town.
D From the fire that burnt the other house down.
Question #10
A Successful, intelligent, manipulative
B Small, dark, terrified
C Brave, tall, outspoken
D Round, pleasant, talkative
Question #11
A Small, muscular, agile
B Deeply spiritual and set in her heritage
C Weak, in need of family support
D Large, hard-working, plain
Question #12
A As a guest at her daughter’s home
B A bright, shiny TV show
C Mama’s high school graduation
D Maggie’s wedding to John Thomas