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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the lady on the bus offer James?
(a) A penny.
(b) An apple.
(c) A dime.
(d) A piece of gum.

2. Why does James pretend that he is still asleep?
(a) Because he is afraid to get up.
(b) Because he doesn't Mama and Auntie to know he was listening to their conversation.
(c) Because he doesn't want to eat breakfast.
(d) Because Auntie told him to.

3. What color does the young black man with the book claim the wind is?
(a) Black.
(b) Pink.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

4. What does the boy with the book blame for the fact that he doesn't believe in God?
(a) That books are hard to read.
(b) That the wait for the dentist is too long.
(c) That he was born too late.
(d) That everything is evil in the world.

5. What is the color of the school that James and his Mama pass while in the big city?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James see in the café?

2. Who "knowed it was hurting me"?

3. What city does James say is a hundred times bigger than where they are?

4. What does James tell Auntie when she asks if something is wrong?

5. Why is the tip of Monsieur Bayonne's finger hard?

(see the answer key)

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