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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 else did Monsieur Bayonne do besides making a sign over James' jaw?
(a) He gave James a hug.
(b) He said a prayer.
(c) He gave James some medication.
(d) He called for Mama.

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

3. Who is the protagonist of the story?
(a) Ty.
(b) James.
(c) Auntie.
(d) Mama.

4. Where does James see the smoke coming out of while he is waiting in Chapter 1?
(a) The cow's noses.
(b) A pile of burning leaves.
(c) The factory tower.
(d) A neighbor's fireplace.

5. In Chapter 1, what do the cows do in the pasture?
(a) Chase the people walking.
(b) Moo at the bus.
(c) Eat clover until it's gone.
(d) Stand close together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the color of the school that James and his Mama pass while in the big city?

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

3. Which bus does Mama say they are coming back on?

4. Who sleeps by the fireplace?

5. Who says, "I got girlfriends, too"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Helena tell Mama after Mama states that they "don't take no handout"?

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

6. Why doesn't James mind that he and his Mama are walking all the way back to the cafe where black people eat?

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

8. What does Mama do when James pushes one of the cakes towards her after stating that he "can't eat all this"?

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

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

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