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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mama make James kill?
(a) A redbird.
(b) A crow.
(c) A goose.
(d) A mouse.

2. Why is the tip of Monsieur Bayonne's finger hard?
(a) Because he works on a farm.
(b) Because he is a tailor.
(c) Because he plays the guitar.
(d) Because he rides horses.

3. What does Mama say when the lady asks if they are from Bayonne?
(a) "It doesn't matter".
(b) "Who are you".
(c) "Down the river".
(d) "Probably not".

4. What does Mama plan on getting with her leftover money?
(a) A can of beans.
(b) Some syrup.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) A piece of salt meat.

5. Why doesn't James sit down when he finds a seat on the bus?
(a) Because boys don't sit.
(b) Because he wants his Mama to sit down.
(c) Because all the seats are taken.
(d) Because he wants to stand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mama stayed up late before Daddy did what?

2. One man tells another man in the dentist office that he thought he was hollering like what?

3. What did Mama give James to use for killing a bird?

4. What is raising up from the water?

5. What did the bird do when James reached in further to grab him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does James close his eyes while he's walking with his Mama back to the dentist's office and what happens when he closes his eyes?

2. Why does the young man hope that all young black men are not like him?

3. In the opening of the first chapter of The Sky is Gray, what is James waiting for and what is he going to do?

4. What happens when James and Mama get back to the dentist's office?

5. What does Mama do after James gets the bird on the leg with his fork?

6. What does James see when he wakes up on the morning they are to go see the dentist?

7. Why does James think the little old lady must be crazy?

8. What happens between the woman on the bus sitting beside Mama and James?

9. What does the preacher and the woman who is dressed like a nurse have a conversation about?

10. How are the nights different now that Daddy is in the Army?

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