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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Mama's coat smell like?
(a) Pig slop.
(b) Horse dung.
(c) A wet dog.
(d) Roses.

4. What color is the heater inside the cafe?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Brown.

5. 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) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Pink.

6. The nurse claims that the dentist will not see any more patients until what time?
(a) Two o'clock.
(b) Three o'clock.
(c) Noon.
(d) One o'clock.

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 bird.
(b) Rocks that a boy is throwing.
(c) The sleet.
(d) A ball that a dog is chasing.

8. Why is the dentist's office waiting room full of smoke?
(a) Because the fireplace is stopped up.
(b) Because there is a fire burning in the empty field.
(c) Because there are two men smoking pipes.
(d) Because there is a candle burning in every corner of the room.

9. What does Mama have to eat at the cafe?
(a) Cake.
(b) Milk.
(c) Bread and water.
(d) Coffee.

10. At the end of Chapter 10, what can't James feel because he's so cold?
(a) His fingers.
(b) His whole face.
(c) His toes.
(d) His nose.

11. What does James decide he's going to do in Chapter 11 so he can get his Mama a coat?
(a) Clean pig pens.
(b) Save money.
(c) Pick cotton.
(d) Deliver mail.

12. What are the people wearing that are coming into the office in Chapter 8?
(a) Fake smiles.
(b) Top hats.
(c) Big coats.
(d) Black boots.

13. How many people are in the café that Mama and James stop at?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

14. What color does the young black man with the book claim the wind is?
(a) Black.
(b) Pink.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

15. 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) Ty.
(c) James.
(d) Auntie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who enters the waiting room at the beginning of Chapter 9?

3. What does the young black man that is arguing with the preacher say about his Pa?

4. What does Mama say when James sniffs while they are walking in the cold?

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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