Ms. Gina's WW 8 Lesson 1 Review Exercise

Not many people have heard of Marguerite Johnson. She is far better known by her _____________________, Maya Angelou.

• proprietor

• emulated

• concise

• pseudonum

Angelou wrote about her life in a multi-volume autobiography. The passage you have read is a very ______________ version of that life.

• avid

• concise

• rebuffed

• demeaning

Angelou's books describe human behavior in all its forms. She shows not only how ____________________ people can be but also how noble they can be.

• avid

• despicable

• turbulent

• evoking

Bertha Flowers, who loved books, was a strong influence on the young girl. Angelou ___________________ her friend and became a lover of books too.

• rebuffed

• demeaned

• emulated

• inaugurated

The Arkansas of the 1930s described by Angelou seems like another planet. Her stories _________________ memories of a time of deep racial divisions.

• inaugurate

• emulate

• demean

• evoke

When Angelou was a child, a line was drawn to keep African Americans in their place. Anyone crossing that line would be _______________ immediately.

• pervaded

• evoked

• resilient

• rebuffed

A number of characters come alive in the pages of Angelou's autobiography. Momma is a(n) ___________________ presence in the first book in the series.

• pervasive

• concise

• turbulent

• avid

Momma kept her independence because she owned the store in Stamps. As the _________________, Momma didn't have to take orders from anyone.

• pseudonym

• proprietor

• emulated

• brusque

Momma had many fine qualities. The one Angelou admired the most was her grandmother's __________________ in coping with bigotry.

• brusqueness

• turbulence

• pervasiveness

• resilience

Momma refused to back down in the face of bigotry. She was a(n) ____________________ defender of the right to be treated equally.

• resilient

• avid

• concise

• excruciating