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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 does the sign say in the bus?
(a) Charge one-way.
(b) White and Colored.
(c) Seat is broken.
(d) Don't sit here.

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

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

4. What is Mama's name?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Olivia.
(c) Sariah.
(d) Octavia.

5. What does James tell Auntie when she asks if something is wrong?
(a) James tells Auntie that his foot hurts.
(b) James tells Auntie that his arms are too long.
(c) James tells Auntie that no, nothing is wrong.
(d) James tells Auntie that Mama already knows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James have for breakfast?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 5, what does James take out when he sees the bus?

3. Mama stayed up late before Daddy did what?

4. James had also eaten owl and what else?

5. What color coat does the girl have on that is sitting across from James on the bus?

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. What kind of birds does James claim he has eaten?

3. Describe the sleeping arrangements in James' home.

4. Why doesn't James look at the little girl while they are riding on the bus?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does James' mother jump up off the bench inside the dentist's office?

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