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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mama "get" the bird to kill it?
(a) The head.
(b) The leg.
(c) The body.
(d) The neck.

2. Who is the protagonist of the story?
(a) James.
(b) Ty.
(c) Auntie.
(d) Mama.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 11, James says he knows they are going somewhere. Where are they going?
(a) To the bus station.
(b) To the place where the colored people eat.
(c) Home.
(d) To the store again.

4. What is James waiting for in Chapter 1?
(a) The mail.
(b) His father.
(c) A bus.
(d) A rainstorm.

5. Who puts something in their mouth and keeps turning and turning it while they wait at the dentist's office?
(a) Mama.
(b) The preacher.
(c) James.
(d) The boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does the young black man with the book claim the wind is?

2. What did Mama want James to do after she killed the bird?

3. James "ain't no more than" what?

4. What does the lady on the bus offer James?

5. When Mama and James get ready to leave after they have eaten, why does Mama stop at the door and go back into the store?

(see the answer key)

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