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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What choice does Mama ask James to make after they can't go inside the dentist's office?
(a) Whether he wants to keep his gloves on or give them to a child.
(b) Whether he wants to get his tooth pulled or just go home.
(c) Whether he wants to eat and walk back or not eat and ride back.
(d) Whether he wants to eat at home or in town.

2. What does James do when he feels something hit his cap?
(a) He takes off his cap.
(b) He throws his cap.
(c) He looks up to the sky.
(d) He jumps.

3. Who says, "so now we the ignorant" after they were accused of believing in God because a man told them to believe in God?
(a) The preacher.
(b) The boy.
(c) James.
(d) The nurse.

4. In the opening of Chapter 10, what building does James see a clock on?
(a) The post office.
(b) The office.
(c) The courthouse.
(d) The general store.

5. What does James think is the occupation of the young black man in the dentist's waiting room?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was James doing beside the trap while Mama was over by the fence?

2. What does James see on the other side of the lilies?

3. Who says, "I'm questioning the world" while waiting in the dentist's office after someone states that they are mad at the world?

4. James explains to the reader in Chapter 10 that Mama doesn't like James to do what?

5. What did Mama make James kill?

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