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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 town does Mama and James go to?
(a) Owensville.
(b) Old Town.
(c) Bridgeford.
(d) Bayonne.

2. What does James see in the shoe shop?
(a) Stacks of shoe boxes.
(b) A bald man fixing shoes.
(c) A woman paying at the counter.
(d) A little boy chasing his sister around the shop.

3. James had also eaten owl and what else?
(a) Possum.
(b) Blackbirds.
(c) Alligator.
(d) Duck.

4. What does Mama ask James to do while she pays the bus fare?
(a) Pick up some trash.
(b) Sit in the back.
(c) Find their friends.
(d) Wait for her.

5. James can't ever be scared or can't ever what?
(a) Have a friend over.
(b) Cry.
(c) Leave the house.
(d) Ride a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says "white beans and no salt meat ain't white beans"?

2. When Mama used to stay up late, where would the family sit?

3. Where do James and Ty sit to hear Monsieur Bayonne play?

4. What is Mama always doing to Ty?

5. Why does James feel he had to kill the bird?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of things does Mama consider crybaby stuff according to James?

2. What is the opening line of Chapter 7, who says it, and why?

3. Why does James look at the nurse all pitiful?

4. Describe the waiting room in the dentist's office during the opening of Chapter 8.

5. What does James think about as he is walking to the cafe?

6. Where do Mama and James go to get warm and what does Mama do to make sure James has enough time to get warm?

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

8. How does James know that Bayonne is "a hundred times smaller than Baton Rouge"?

9. When Mama flips the quarter over in her hand what does James think Mama is thinking about?

10. What choice does Mama give James in Chapter 10?

(see the answer keys)

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