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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many miles does James have to walk to school?
(a) One and one half.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Three and one half.

2. Where does the young black man that is arguing with the preacher say his mom is?
(a) At home in bed.
(b) In a graveyard.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) On a boat.

3. What choice does Mama ask James to make after they can't go inside the dentist's office?
(a) Whether he wants to keep his gloves on or give them to a child.
(b) Whether he wants to eat and walk back or not eat and ride back.
(c) Whether he wants to get his tooth pulled or just go home.
(d) Whether he wants to eat at home or in town.

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

5. How many times does the preacher hit the boy?
(a) Twice.
(b) Zero.
(c) Three times.
(d) Once.

6. Who says, "I'm questioning the world" while waiting in the dentist's office after someone states that they are mad at the world?
(a) The young black man with the book.
(b) The preacher.
(c) Mama.
(d) James.

7. 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.

8. 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 preacher.
(b) The boy with the book.
(c) The nurse.
(d) Mama.

9. While James is walking with his Mama from the dentist's office In Chapter 11, who does he think about that can make everyone laugh?
(a) Mama.
(b) Auntie.
(c) James.
(d) Ty.

10. What does the boy with the book blame for the fact that he doesn't believe in God?
(a) That everything is evil in the world.
(b) That the wait for the dentist is too long.
(c) That books are hard to read.
(d) That he was born too late.

11. What does the young black man waiting in the dentist's office say should be questioned?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The sky.
(c) Everything.
(d) White people.

12. When James and Mama get back to the dentist's office, what can't they do?
(a) Open the door.
(b) Talk to the nurse.
(c) Smell smoke.
(d) See the doctor.

13. James is so cold by the end of Chapter 10 that he wants to do what?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Cry.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sing.

14. What does Mama ask James after they get back to the office in Chapter 10?
(a) If he is ready to ride the bus.
(b) If he's hungry.
(c) If he is cold.
(d) If he wants to get his tooth pulled.

15. Where is the heater inside the cafe?
(a) By the kitchen.
(b) By the front door.
(c) Against a cabinet.
(d) Against the wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who puts something in their mouth and keeps turning and turning it while they wait at the dentist's office?

2. What does the preacher say him and the young lady were talking about?

3. Who calls someone else into the back of the dentist's office?

4. After Mama and James leave the store and are walking at the end of Chapter 9, what does James try to prevent Mama from hearing?

5. 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?

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