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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color of coat does James want to get for his Mama?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Pink.

3. 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.

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

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

6. What does the man in the cafe drop in the jukebox?
(a) A dime.
(b) A quarter.
(c) A nickel.
(d) A penny.

7. 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 fingers.
(d) His nose.

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

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

10. What does James say when Mama asks him if he needs to make water?
(a) "No Ma'am".
(b) "I already went".
(c) "Just a little".
(d) "Yes, certainly".

11. 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) Auntie.
(b) Mama.
(c) James.
(d) Ty.

12. 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 preacher.
(b) The nurse.
(c) The boy.
(d) James.

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

14. At the beginning of Chapter 11, James says he knows they are going somewhere. Where are they going?
(a) To the store again.
(b) To the bus station.
(c) To the place where the colored people eat.
(d) Home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama have to eat at the cafe?

2. What do James and Mama do after seeing what time it is on the clock that James sees in Chapter 10?

3. What does the lady in the cafe put down on the counter?

4. What color of overcoat does the little boy have on that James sees while he and Mama walk away from the dentist's office?

5. What does James hear as he and Mama are walking from the dentist's office for the second time?

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