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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does James see in the shoe shop?
(a) A little boy chasing his sister around the shop.
(b) Stacks of shoe boxes.
(c) A woman paying at the counter.
(d) A bald man fixing shoes.

2. Who "knowed it was hurting me"?
(a) Mama.
(b) Ty.
(c) James.
(d) Auntie.

3. Why doesn't James want to open his mouth at night?
(a) Because it makes him snore.
(b) Because he might drool.
(c) Because a bug might fly in.
(d) Because it will let the wind in.

4. Why doesn't James say anything else to the girl on the bus?
(a) Because she has already gotten off.
(b) Because she won't listen to him.
(c) Because it hurts too bad.
(d) Because he doesn't want to bust her in the mouth.

5. 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.

6. What does James do instead of sitting on a seat in the bus?
(a) He leans on the seat.
(b) He stands by the bus driver to talk.
(c) He stands and holds on to the side of the bus.
(d) He sits on the floor of the bus.

7. When someone stares down the long old road, they see nothing but what?
(a) Weeds.
(b) Gravel.
(c) Grass.
(d) Blue sky.

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

9. What kind of prayers does James claim he is saying?
(a) Prayers to God.
(b) His own.
(c) Silent prayers.
(d) Baptist.

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

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

12. How much money will Mama have left over after paying for travel and cost of pulling a tooth?
(a) Twenty five cents.
(b) One dollar.
(c) Fifty cents.
(d) Two dollars.

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

14. James "ain't no more than" what?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James wonder if he can do to the thing he sees on the other side of the lilies?

2. Why does James feel he had to kill the bird?

3. While James and his Mama are waiting for the bus at the beginning of Chapter 4, what does James want to say?

4. How long has James been hurting?

5. What did Mama do when James told her he couldn't kill the bird?

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