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What is Maya Angelou’s birth name?
Marguerite Ann Johnson
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Which author is Maya’s first love?
William Shakespeare
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Who rapes Maya?
Mr. Freeman
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What handicap did Uncle Willie have?
He was crippled and he stuttered.
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Why does Uncle Willie hide in the potato bin?
Because there’s a white lynch mob out looking for scapegoats.
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What does Maya do before she slaps Dolores?
She warns her.
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What does Grandfather Baxter teach his sons to be?
Mean.
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Why does Bailey stay late at the movies?
Because the actress reminds him of his mother.
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Who is Maya’s first friend?
Louise
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What does Momma do while the poor white children mock her in the yard?
Hum a gospel tune
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Whom does Maya consider a real father figure?
Daddy Clidell
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How does Vivian make a living?
By working in gambling parlors.
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How did Maya and Bailey get to Stamps?
By train
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Why does Maya stop talking?
Because she feels the devil will come out of her if she talks.
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Who makes Maya feel like an equal human being?
Miss Kirwin
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What does Maya do to defy Mrs. Cullinan?
She breaks her heirloom china.
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What does Maya hide from Vivian and Daddy Clidell?
Her pregnancy.
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In which city does Maya feel she belongs?
San Francisco
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Which famous figure sustains black pride for those who congregate at the Store?
Joe Louis
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What breakthrough does Maya achieve in San Francisco?
She becomes the first black streetcar conductor.
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Where does Maya live after running away from her father’s friend’s house?
A junkyard.
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Who is the “most important person” in Maya’s life?
Bailey
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What does Maya do for the first time in Mexico?
Drive a car.
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Blacks replace what ethnic minority in San Francisco during World War II?
Japanese
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Why did Maya and Bailey’s parents send them to Stamps, Arkansas?
They got divorced.
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