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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who says, "things change through action. By no other way." while they wait in the dentist's office and speak to the lady in the sweater?
(a) James.
(b) The boy with the book.
(c) The nurse.
(d) Mama.

3. What did Mama do when James told her he couldn't kill the bird?
(a) She ran into the house to tell Auntie.
(b) She pulled his ears.
(c) She cried.
(d) She slapped him.

4. What color does the young black man with the book claim the grass is?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Pink.
(d) Blue.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 11, James states he can stand being what?
(a) Cold.
(b) Happy.
(c) Hungry.
(d) Alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. When someone stares down the long old road, they see nothing but what?

2. Who says, "I don't love him nothing"?

3. What is Mama always doing to Ty?

4. What color of sweater is the woman that is waiting in the dentist's office next to James and his Mama wearing under her black sweater?

5. What does James say when Mama asks him if he needs to make water?

(see the answer key)

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