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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who says, "done forgot the heart absolutely" when someone else in the office suggests that men should listen to their heads and not their hearts?
(a) The woman with the two sweaters.
(b) James.
(c) The nurse.
(d) The boy with the book.

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

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

5. What does the lady in the cafe put down on the counter?
(a) Bread and syrup.
(b) Cakes and a glass of milk.
(c) Warm milk and cookies.
(d) Ham and eggs.

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

7. While James is walking, he thinks about Ty playing with Monsieur Bayonne's guitar; when Ty played with Monsieur Bayonne's guitar what happened?
(a) Ty broke the guitar.
(b) Ty broke one of the strings.
(c) Ty sang and played a made up song.
(d) Ty learned a new song.

8. James explains to the reader in Chapter 10 that Mama doesn't like James to do what?
(a) Wipe his nose.
(b) Crybaby stuff.
(c) Talk to himself.
(d) Walk too fast.

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

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

11. 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) James.
(c) The nurse.
(d) The boy with the book.

12. What color does the young black man with the book claim the grass is?
(a) Pink.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

13. Who enters the waiting room at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) The nurse.
(b) The man with the black top hat.
(c) The preacher.
(d) The dentist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama's coat smell like?

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

3. What are the people wearing that are coming into the office in Chapter 8?

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

5. What does James think is the occupation of the young black man in the dentist's waiting room?

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