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

2. What did Mama do with what she brought back from the fence?
(a) She throws it at James.
(b) She hit James with it across his back.
(c) She gives it to James.
(d) She doesn't come back with anything.

3. What does the lady on the bus offer James?
(a) A dime.
(b) A piece of gum.
(c) A penny.
(d) An apple.

4. Who says in Chapter 3, "I can eat anything on it"?
(a) Mama.
(b) Auntie.
(c) James.
(d) Ty.

5. What is the color of the school that James and his Mama pass while in the big city?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What three things are on the sides of the long old road?

2. What is raising up from the water?

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

4. What is Mama wondering "bout the hog"?

5. What town does Mama and James go to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the lady at the dentist's office tell the Mama not to feel rejected?

2. What are some of the things that James and his mother pass before they arrive at the dentist's office?

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 kind of solution is given to James to help with his toothache?

5. What do Ty and James have for breakfast and what would Ty rather have?

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

7. What does James think about when he looks up at his Mama while they are waiting in the dentist's office?

8. What does Mama suggest James kill the redbird with and what does she do when he doesn't want to kill the bird?

9. Why does James say he had to kill the redbird?

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

(see the answer keys)

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