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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls someone else into the back of the dentist's office?
(a) The nurse.
(b) Mama.
(c) The man with a walking stick.
(d) The dentist.

2. 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.

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

4. What does Mama ask to see in the store in Chapter 9?
(a) Wood.
(b) Flour bags.
(c) Ax handles.
(d) Chicken feed.

5. What does Mama do with her money?
(a) She puts it in her pocket.
(b) She stirs it around with her finger.
(c) She drops it.
(d) She gives it to James.

6. When Mama and James leave the dentist's office and go outside, where do they stand?
(a) Against the wall.
(b) By a river.
(c) On the road.
(d) On the steps.

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

8. What rises out of Mama's coat while she warms herself at the heater inside the cafe?
(a) Her hands.
(b) Steam.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Her handkerchief.

9. What is the young black man waiting in the dentist's office wearing?
(a) A gentleman's hat.
(b) A furry coat.
(c) A suit.
(d) A plaid shirt.

10. When James looks at his Mama at the beginning of Chapter 10, what does he want to do?
(a) Sing to her.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Hug her.
(d) Stand close to her.

11. What person in the cafe says, "some pimp"?
(a) Mama.
(b) James.
(c) The woman behind the counter.
(d) The little man.

12. Who comes out of the dentist office with John Lee?
(a) Nobody.
(b) The nurse.
(c) The dentist.
(d) His mother.

13. What does the young black man that is arguing with the preacher say about his Pa?
(a) That he is dead.
(b) That he lives down the street.
(c) That he is the dentist.
(d) That he is in the army.

14. 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) James.
(c) Mama.
(d) The preacher.

15. In Chapter 11, James states that his hands are so cold that he can't hold what?
(a) His coat.
(b) His cap.
(c) An axe.
(d) His handkerchief.

Short Answer Questions

1. When James and Mama get back to the dentist's office, what can't they do?

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

3. Who says, "so now we the ignorant" after they were accused of believing in God because a man told them to believe in God?

4. How many people are in the café that Mama and James stop at?

5. What color does the young black man with the book claim the wind is?

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