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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to James when he sees a coat while he and Mama walk past the boy in the brown coat and past the store windows?
(a) He wants one just like it.
(b) He gets cold.
(c) He gets warm.
(d) He tells Mama he likes it.

2. What does Mama say when James sniffs while they are walking in the cold?
(a) "Wipe your nose, son".
(b) "It's too cold, right?".
(c) "That rag".
(d) "Stop".

3. Who says, "things change through action. By no other way." while they wait in the dentist's office and speak to the lady in the sweater?
(a) Mama.
(b) The boy with the book.
(c) James.
(d) The nurse.

4. What store does Mama and James enter to get out of the cold?
(a) Arnold's grocer.
(b) David's hardware store.
(c) Mike's fix-it shop.
(d) Lee's tack and feed.

5. What does James hear as he and Mama are walking from the dentist's office for the second time?
(a) A baby crying.
(b) Children playing.
(c) The wind in his ears.
(d) A bell.

6. What do James and Mama do after seeing what time it is on the clock that James sees in Chapter 10?
(a) They decide to window shop.
(b) They go eat.
(c) They sit down on the steps.
(d) They go stand beside a building.

7. What does James think is the occupation of the young black man in the dentist's waiting room?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Preacher.

8. Who says, "so now we the ignorant" after they were accused of believing in God because a man told them to believe in God?
(a) The nurse.
(b) James.
(c) The preacher.
(d) The boy.

9. What does James do when he feels something hit his cap?
(a) He looks up to the sky.
(b) He takes off his cap.
(c) He jumps.
(d) He throws his cap.

10. Who says at the end of Chapter 8, "I haven't anything" after they state that they hope all young people aren't like them?
(a) The nurse.
(b) The preacher.
(c) Mama.
(d) The boy with the book.

11. What do James and Mama have to walk across to get to the café?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A stream.
(c) Railroad tracks.
(d) A dusty road.

12. What is the young black man waiting in the dentist's office holding?
(a) Glasses.
(b) A dog.
(c) A newpaper.
(d) A book.

13. While James and his Mama are walking, James said he'd be happy if it was what all the time?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Night.
(d) Day.

14. While James and his Mama are walking away from the dentist's office for the second time, what does James see bouncing?
(a) A ball that a dog is chasing.
(b) The sleet.
(c) Rocks that a boy is throwing.
(d) A bird.

15. What color of sweater is the woman that is waiting in the dentist's office next to James and his Mama wearing under her black sweater?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Green.
(d) Pink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama's coat smell like?

2. What does the boy with the book blame for the fact that he doesn't believe in God?

3. James is so cold by the end of Chapter 10 that he wants to do what?

4. When Mama and James leave the dentist's office and go outside, where do they stand?

5. What does Mama ask James after they get back to the office in Chapter 10?

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