Student:

Worksheet: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Analysis & Themes
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1. How does Maya feel about her
appearance throughout her childhood in I
Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
She is very fashion-conscious.
She feels ugly.
She is proud to look like her brother, Bailey.
She is proud to look like her mother.
2. In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which
of the following events leads Maya to
recognize that racism is not just a black
and white issue?
The Japanese are sent to internment camps.
Soldiers returning from World War II are
unable to find jobs.
Disabled children are denied educational
services.
Mexican immigrants are deported.

3. Where does Maya feel most 4. Which of the following genres best
comfortable in I Know Why the Caged Bird describes I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
Sings?
fantasy
Stamp, Arkansas mystery
San Francisco, California historical fiction
Mexico autobiography
St. Louis, Missouri

5. What warning does the sheriff give Mrs.

Henderson in I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings?

not to do business with local criminals

to hide her son because the KKK is looking
for someone to lynch
that officers will be watching the area to
protect them
to keep an eye on her son because he is
suspected of criminal behavior