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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does James see in the café?
(a) A dog begging for food.
(b) A bunch of people eating.
(c) Lonely tables and chairs.
(d) A waitress tripping.

3. When Mama used to stay up late, where would the family sit?
(a) On the floor.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the barn.
(d) Out on the gallery or around the fire.

4. Who says "white beans and no salt meat ain't white beans"?
(a) Ty.
(b) James.
(c) Auntie.
(d) Mama.

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

6. In Chapter 3, what does James do when he gets up in the morning?
(a) Sings.
(b) Kicks his heels up.
(c) Stretches.
(d) Grumbles.

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

8. What does the sign say in the bus?
(a) Charge one-way.
(b) White and Colored.
(c) Don't sit here.
(d) Seat is broken.

9. What does Mama ask James to do while she pays the bus fare?
(a) Find their friends.
(b) Wait for her.
(c) Pick up some trash.
(d) Sit in the back.

10. Who says, "I don't love him nothing"?
(a) Mama.
(b) The little girl on the bus.
(c) Auntie.
(d) The woman that offered a treat to James.

11. James is the oldest and his Mama tells him he is what?
(a) The boy.
(b) The farmer.
(c) The man.
(d) The king.

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

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

14. What does Mama do when she is done eating in Chapter 3?
(a) She washes clothes.
(b) She sings a song.
(c) She reads a story.
(d) She goes to bed.

15. What is Ty scared of?
(a) Fire.
(b) Rainstorms.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Ghosts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was going to make Mama "mad again"?

2. What is James "go'n get out" to "wave it down"?

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

4. What does James do beside Monsieur Bayonne?

5. Why doesn't James sit down when he finds a seat on the bus?

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