Paperboy Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Vince Vawter
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Paperboy Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Vince Vawter
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the handle of Little Man's knife that he describes in Chapter 1?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

2. Why does Little Man decide to take a bath at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) He has a headache.
(b) He smells like mothballs.
(c) He is covered in mud.
(d) He is covered in sand.

3. What street does Mrs. Worthington live on?
(a) Bealle Street.
(b) Bourbon Street.
(c) Harbert Street.
(d) Jackson Street.

4. Why does Little Man say that Mam had told him to stay away from Ara T in Chapter 3?
(a) Because Ara T has kidnapped a boy before.
(b) Because Ara T sometimes gets the fits.
(c) Because Ara T killed her brother.
(d) Because Ara T has been in prison many times.

5. How many stitches did Rat get after crashing his bike on concrete stairs, according to Little Man in Chapter 8?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mam's real name?

2. How does Little Man describe Mrs. Worthington's eyes when he brings her paper to her on her porch swing in Chapter 7?

3. What punctuation marks does Little Man say he hates in Chapter 1?

4. What is Rat's real name?

5. Little Man describes reading a book about what sports figure in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Mam serve in Little Man's life? How would you describe the relationship between Mam and Little Man?

2. What are Little Man's first impressions of Mr. Spiro? How is Mr. Spiro described?

3. What information does Little Man reveal about himself, his friends, and his family in Chapter 1?

4. Who is Big Sack? What is this character's relationship to Little Man?

5. How does Mrs. Worthington appear to Little Man when he sees her on Monday in Chapter 7?

6. What does Little Man confess to Mam in Chapter 6? How does Mam respond?

7. What plans does Little Man make with his father in Chapter 8? What becomes of the plans?

8. What does Little Man encounter when he goes to Mrs. Worthington's home for newspaper payment collection in Chapter 6?

9. Why have Little Man's parents decided to take Little Man to a restaurant to eat in Chapter 7? How does he feel about this proposition?

10. What is foreshadowed by Little Man's observance of Big Sack watching him from the alley in Chapter 8?

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