Maya Angelou

Who did Maya and her brother live with in Stamps, Arkansas?

• Her mom

• Her dad

• Her grandma

• Mrs. Flowers

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Maya stopped speaking for FIVE years. What was the event that caused her to stop speaking?

• She was in a car accident.

• She was upset that she had to move to her grandma's.

• She was very shy.

• She was attacked by her mother's boyfriend.

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Who taught Maya to love books and help her to speak again.

• Mrs. Flowers

• Her grandma

• Her brother

• Her new friends in Arkansas

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On January 20, 1993, Bill Clinton became president. What did Maya do on this day.

• She became Vice President.

• She read a poem of hers to the world about hope.

• She danced.

• She celebrated with her family in Stamps, Arkansas.

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