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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who told Monsieur Bayonne to come over?
(a) Mama.
(b) Ty.
(c) James.
(d) Auntie.

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

5. What is all cracked in the city where James and Mama are?
(a) The train tracks.
(b) The dentist's office.
(c) The post office.
(d) The pavement.

6. Where is James when he is beside Monsieur Bayonne?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The barn.
(c) The closet.
(d) The fireplace.

7. James says he's been to the bigger city before and that he went with who?
(a) Auntie, Ty, and Mama.
(b) Auntie, Ty, and Daddy.
(c) Ty, Mama, and Daddy.
(d) Daddy, Auntie, and Mama.

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

9. Who says, " I'm going one way and he pulling the other"?
(a) Ty.
(b) Monsieur Bayonne.
(c) James.
(d) Auntie.

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

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

12. Who sleeps by the fireplace?
(a) Ty and James.
(b) Val and Auntie.
(c) Mama and Auntie.
(d) James.

13. Who says in Chapter 3, "I can eat anything on it"?
(a) Auntie.
(b) Ty.
(c) James.
(d) Mama.

14. Why is the tip of Monsieur Bayonne's finger hard?
(a) Because he plays the guitar.
(b) Because he works on a farm.
(c) Because he is a tailor.
(d) Because he rides horses.

15. What color coat does the girl have on that is sitting across from James on the bus?
(a) Black.
(b) Pink.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is James waiting for in Chapter 1?

2. Who says in Chapter 3, "tomorrow we going to town"?

3. What is Mama wondering "bout the hog"?

4. What is raising up from the water?

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

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