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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How will Mr. Spiro be traveling on his trip?
(a) By towboat.
(b) By airplane.
(c) By car.
(d) By train.

2. When was Martin Heidegger born?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1889.

3. How many different meanings does Little Man say the word "bias" has in the dictionary?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

4. How does Little Man feel when he learns that Mr. Spiro is leaving for a trip in Chapter 15?
(a) Giddy.
(b) Enraged.
(c) Overjoyed.
(d) Devastated.

5. How much money is enclosed in Mrs. Worthington's envelope for payment in Chapter 15?
(a) $5.
(b) $10.
(c) $3.
(d) $2.

6. What animals does Mam describe killing the livestock at home when she was a kid in Chapter 12?
(a) Bears.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Alligators.
(d) Panthers.

7. Little Man says in Chapter 9, "I would be glad to be a grown-up for two reasons." What is the second reason he gives?
(a) He would be able to write about his past.
(b) He would be able to leave the South.
(c) He'd be able to figure out what to do with his feelings.
(d) He would be able to marry Sarah.

8. How did the thief get into Little Man's room to steal his belongings in Chapter 16?
(a) By breaking a window.
(b) By climbing the ladder.
(c) By breaking in through the basement.
(d) By breaking the front door lock.

9. Where has Mam gone when Little Man sets out for collecting in Chapter 14?
(a) To his father's office.
(b) To New Orleans.
(c) To the grocery store.
(d) To church.

10. What is Mam's needle story about that she works on at the zoo?
(a) The parting of the Red Sea.
(b) The Crucifixion.
(c) Cain and Abel.
(d) Noah and the ark.

11. What kind of hat does Little Man wear when he poses with Mam at the photo booth at the zoo?
(a) A top hat.
(b) A wizard's hat.
(c) A cowboy hat.
(d) A fedora.

12. What does Little Man want desperately to talk to Mr. Spiro about in Chapter 16?
(a) His English class.
(b) His argument with Ara T.
(c) The girl he has a crush on.
(d) His father.

13. What does Mam chastise an older kid for doing at the zoo in Chapter 12?
(a) Feeding trash to a giraffe.
(b) Littering on the sidewalk.
(c) Hitting a young boy.
(d) Giving a cigarette to a monkey.

14. What does Little Man say "seemed like the least I could do for Mrs. Worthington" in Chapter 9?
(a) Canceling her newspaper subscription.
(b) Calling the police on her husband.
(c) Calling the police on her lover.
(d) Paying her paper bill for her.

15. What job does Mam always give to Little Man when making breakfast?
(a) Making the eggs.
(b) Making the bacon.
(c) Making the coffee.
(d) Making the toast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Little Man say Mam's response was when he asked her how old Ara T was in Chapter 13?

2. When does Little Man tell Mam that Rat will be returning home in Chapter 10?

3. What has been stolen from Little Man's room in Chapter 16?

4. What does Little Man do with the picture of him and Mam at the zoo in Chapter 12?

5. What birds does Mam enjoy watching most at the zoo?

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