I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Quizzes

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Quiz 1

1 What does Maya wear to the church’s Easter Sunday celebration?
A yellow taffeta dress

A lavender silk dress

A lavender taffeta dress

A yellow silk dress
2 Momma makes her living from ___?
lending money

running a store

running a restaurant in town

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

Prejudice

Race and appearance

Romance vs reality
4 Why does Maya leave the Easter Sunday service?
She has to pee.

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

She is bullied by the other children.

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

5 and 6 years old, respectively

4 and 3 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

San Francisco, California

St. Louis, Missouri

Long Beach, California
7 Why does Maya get angry repeatedly at Momma?
She is far too strict with her and Bailey.

She allows white people to mistreat her.

She makes the children go to church.

She lets people steal from the store.
8 What is at the center of Momma’s life?
Her son, Willie

Her store

Her grandchildren

Her faith
9 Why are Maya and Bailey hurt after their father takes them from Stamps?
They miss Momma Henderson.

He tells them he is taking them to their mother.

He promised them a vacation to California.

He gets angry with them during the car trip.
10 Their mother's family is called ___?
the Hendersons

the Freemans

the Baxters

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

Mya

Mary

Sister
12 All of the following is true about the life of cotton pickers EXCEPT for which statement?
They could never pick enough cotton to settle their debts.

They aspire to having their own cotton businesses one day.

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

They do not own the land they work on.
13 What happens at the trial that makes Maya feel guilty?
The lawyer calls her a bad girl.

She lies to the lawyer.

Her family is embarrassed at being there.

Her mother cries.
14 What reveals the harshness of Black Southern life?
The failures of the cotton pickers

The backbreaking work of cotton picking

The racism of white Stamps

The reality of late afternoon
15 Uncle Willie can be described as all of the following EXCEPT for which characterization?
Cruel and harsh

A whipping boy

Proud and sensitive

The butt of jokes
16 Back in Stamps, people regard them with ___?
indifference, since they have their own problems

warmth, welcoming the children into their homes

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 ___?
Mrs. Cullinan, as a maid

a restaurant in white Stamps

the church, keeping records

Mrs. Flowers
19 Where is Maya’s favorite place to be?
Her bedroom

Her reading tree

The Store

With Bailey
20 The event on the radio that gets people into the store is ___?
a Joe Louis fight

a weekly radio program

a baseball game

an address by FDR
21 Who is the anachronism of Stamps?
Mrs. Flowers

Uncle Willie

Mr. McElroy

Momma
22 What is Maya's reaction to the first valentine she gets in class?
She begins to like Tommy.

She is cheered by it.

She starts crying.

She becomes upset over it.
23 To Maya, Bailey is ___?
the greatest person in her world

the joy of the family

her overprotective older brother

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

she talks about it with Bailey

she goes to Florida Taylor's funeral

Mr. Freeman is killed
25 What saves Maya's disastrous graduation ceremony?
Mr. Donleavy being booed from the stage

The valedictory speech

Everyone singing the Negro National Anthem

A performance from the younger children

suffering.

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When he realizes that Maya is wounded, what does Maya’s father do? Why doesn’t he take Maya to see a doctor?

Maya's father doesn't take her to the doctor because he is afraid that the circumstances.... Maya being cut by his girlfriend.... would ruin his reputation.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

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