I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Quizzes

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Quiz 1

By Rheanna Bates · Last reviewed March 03, 2000

1 What does Maya wear to the church’s Easter Sunday celebration?

A lavender silk dress

A yellow silk dress

A lavender taffeta dress

A yellow taffeta dress
2 Momma makes her living from ___?

running a store

lending money

raising livestock

running a restaurant in town
3 Maya’s desire to look like a “sweet little white girl” is rooted in which of the book’s themes?

Romance vs reality

Prejudice

Racism

Race and appearance
4 Why does Maya leave the Easter Sunday service?

She is bullied by the other children.

She is asked to leave by the minister’s wife Eliot.

She has to pee.

She is embarrassed about her appearance.
5 How old are Maya and Bailey when they go to live with Momma?

4 and 3 years old, respectively

5 and 6 years old, respectively

4 and 5 years old, respectively

3 and 4 years old, respectively
6 Where are Maya and Bailey traveling from when they arrive in Stamps?

Jefferson City, Missouri

Long Beach, California

San Francisco, California

St. Louis, Missouri
7 Why does Maya get angry repeatedly at Momma?

She makes the children go to church.

She lets people steal from the store.

She is far too strict with her and Bailey.

She allows white people to mistreat her.
8 What is at the center of Momma’s life?

Her son, Willie

Her store

Her faith

Her grandchildren
9 Why are Maya and Bailey hurt after their father takes them from Stamps?

He gets angry with them during the car trip.

He promised them a vacation to California.

They miss Momma Henderson.

He tells them he is taking them to their mother.
10 Their mother's family is called ___?

the Baxters

the Hendersons

the Freemans

the Johnsons
11 What is Maya’s nickname at the Store?

Ritie

Mary

Sister

Mya
12 All of the following is true about the life of cotton pickers EXCEPT for which statement?

They only receive one-half or one-third of the profits they pick.

They could never pick enough cotton to settle their debts.

They aspire to having their own cotton businesses one day.

They do not own the land they work on.
13 What happens at the trial that makes Maya feel guilty?

Her mother cries.

Her family is embarrassed at being there.

She lies to the lawyer.

The lawyer calls her a bad girl.
14 What reveals the harshness of Black Southern life?

The failures of the cotton pickers

The backbreaking work of cotton picking

The reality of late afternoon

The racism of white Stamps
15 Uncle Willie can be described as all of the following EXCEPT for which characterization?

Proud and sensitive

A whipping boy

Cruel and harsh

The butt of jokes
16 Back in Stamps, people regard them with ___?

warmth, welcoming the children into their homes

indifference, since they have their own problems

curiosity, since they have been to the city

suspicion, since they are outsiders again
17 Who warns Momma about the Ku Klux Klan?

A member of the congregation

A patron of the Store

The white dentist of Stamps

The former sheriff of Stamps
18 In Stamps, Maya goes to work for ___?

a restaurant in white Stamps

Mrs. Cullinan, as a maid

Mrs. Flowers

the church, keeping records
19 Where is Maya’s favorite place to be?

With Bailey

Her reading tree

Her bedroom

The Store
20 The event on the radio that gets people into the store is ___?

a baseball game

a Joe Louis fight

an address by FDR

a weekly radio program
21 Who is the anachronism of Stamps?

Uncle Willie

Momma

Mr. McElroy

Mrs. Flowers
22 What is Maya's reaction to the first valentine she gets in class?

She is cheered by it.

She starts crying.

She becomes upset over it.

She begins to like Tommy.
23 To Maya, Bailey is ___?

her overprotective older brother

the greatest person in her world

the joy of the family

her competition for their family’s love
24 Maya is suddenly struck by the finality of death when ___?

she talks about it with Bailey

she goes to Florida Taylor's funeral

she sees her first dead body

Mr. Freeman is killed
25 What saves Maya's disastrous graduation ceremony?

Everyone singing the Negro National Anthem

The valedictory speech

Mr. Donleavy being booed from the stage

A performance from the younger children

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