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WorksheetsI know why the caged bird sings
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Maya grows up believing that she is ___.
ugly
talented
adopted
lucky
In what period does the book take place?
1910s and 1920s
1930s and 1940s
1950s and 1960s
1970s and 1980s
What happens to Maya after her rapist is beaten to death?
She goes deaf
She goes blind
She stops speaking
She runs away
Who saves the money for Maya and Bailey to move to California when they are teenagers?
Maya
Bailey
Vivian
Momma
How old is Maya when she has her son at the end of the book?
Thirteen
Sixteen
Nineteen
Twenty-one
Who is the woman that Maya calls Momma?
Her birth mother
Her step-mother
Her aunt
Her grandmother
How is Willie different from the other young, black men of Stamps?
He is married
He is mute
He lives alone
He is handicapped
Who is Bailey's first love?
Viola
Joyce
Florida
Glory
Who is Maya's first friend outside her family?
Dolores
Willie
Louise
Henry
Who is the teacher who treats Maya as an equal?
Mrs. Cullinan
Mr. Donleavy
Mrs. Taylor
Miss Kirwin
What does Maya fantasize about being as a young child?
Blonde and blue-eyed
Vengeful and terrifying
Tall and seductive
Strong and masculine
Where does Maya learn to see humanity in all its diversity, rather than in white and black?
Visiting her father
Living in a junkyard
Dancing in a club
Working for Momma
Who "puts his soul to sleep" to endure the harshest pains of racism?
Willie
Big Bailey
Daddy Clidell
Bailey
How does Momma handle racist neighborhood children who mock her?
She chases them away
She ignores them
She tells their parents
She swears at them
What college degree does Maya and Bailey's mother, Vivian, hold?
English
Teaching
Nursing
Secretarial
The town of Stamps is so segregated that as a child Maya does not quite believe that ___.
White people exist
It's part of America
Blacks are considered human
It's even legal
What is a central gathering place in Stamps and the physical center of Maya's childhood?
The church
Maya's back yard
The local bar
Momma's store
What does Maya break when she is disrespected by her white employer?
Three windows
An antique lamp
China dishes
A valuable statue
Who is Maya's first literary love?
William Shakespeare
Zora Neale Hurston
Charles Dickens
W.E.B. Du Bois
What does Maya believe will transform her into her idealized, beautiful version of herself?
Her Easter dress
High heeled shoes
A Sunday hat
Her mother's fur coat
