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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. Why did James tell Ty he was hurting?
(a) Because Ty was a dentist.
(b) Because Ty would tell a dentist.
(c) Because Ty is his best buddy.
(d) Because Ty already knew.

2. Why doesn't James say anything else to the girl on the bus?
(a) Because she won't listen to him.
(b) Because it hurts too bad.
(c) Because she has already gotten off.
(d) Because he doesn't want to bust her in the mouth.

3. What does James see on the other side of the lilies?
(a) A pool-doo.
(b) A snake.
(c) A horse.
(d) A frog.

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

5. Who says in Chapter 3, "tomorrow we going to town"?
(a) Auntie.
(b) Ty.
(c) Monsieur Bayonne.
(d) Mama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James do instead of sitting on a seat in the bus?

2. What city does James say is a hundred times bigger than where they are?

3. James tells the reader while he is watching the scenery outside that the river is what?

4. What town does Mama and James go to?

5. What did Mama do when James told her he couldn't kill the bird?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does James imagine his mother is thinking about while they wait at the end of the gravel road during the opening of the book?

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

4. Describe the sleeping arrangements in James' home.

5. What does Mama do when James says he doesn't want to kill the second bird?

6. What does James think about when he is so cold he feels like he's going to die?

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

8. When the young man starts talking about questioning everything what does the preacher do?

9. What do Ty and James do with Monsieur Bayonne's two hounds?

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

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