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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mama do with what she brought back from the fence?
(a) She throws it at James.
(b) She doesn't come back with anything.
(c) She gives it to James.
(d) She hit James with it across his back.

2. What was going to make Mama "mad again"?
(a) If James told her that he was hurting.
(b) If Auntie doesn't do her chores.
(c) If Ty sleeps in.
(d) If James ignored her.

3. What town does Mama and James go to?
(a) Old Town.
(b) Bayonne.
(c) Owensville.
(d) Bridgeford.

4. What is Mama's name?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Sariah.
(c) Olivia.
(d) Octavia.

5. Who says, "James, hit the floor"?
(a) Mama.
(b) Auntie.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Ty.

6. What does James see on the other side of the lilies?
(a) A snake.
(b) A horse.
(c) A pool-doo.
(d) A frog.

7. How long has James been hurting?
(a) Close to a month.
(b) Close to six months.
(c) Close to two months.
(d) Close to two weeks.

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

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

10. As he makes the sign on James' jaw, Monsieur Bayonne uses so much pressure that he almost pushes James over onto who?
(a) Mama.
(b) The dog.
(c) Ty.
(d) Auntie.

11. What hides the river as the bus goes around a turn?
(a) A pasture.
(b) Fog.
(c) A house.
(d) Trees.

12. What is the little boy's name that is waiting in the dentist office?
(a) Lee Hollar.
(b) Jimmy John.
(c) John Joseph.
(d) John Lee.

13. Why doesn't James sit down when he finds a seat on the bus?
(a) Because he wants to stand.
(b) Because boys don't sit.
(c) Because all the seats are taken.
(d) Because he wants his Mama to sit down.

14. What does James pretend he's not scared of?
(a) The dark.
(b) His mama.
(c) Animals.
(d) Big men.

15. What is James "go'n get out" to "wave it down"?
(a) Mama's hat.
(b) His glove.
(c) His coat.
(d) A handkerchief.

Short Answer Questions

1. James had also eaten owl and what else?

2. Why did James tell Ty he was hurting?

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

4. Where do James and Ty sit to hear Monsieur Bayonne play?

5. One man tells another man in the dentist office that he thought he was hollering like what?

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