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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 James do beside Monsieur Bayonne?
(a) Kneels.
(b) Stands.
(c) Sings.
(d) Lays down.

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

3. James "ain't no more than" what?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

4. What was going to make Mama "mad again"?
(a) If Auntie doesn't do her chores.
(b) If James told her that he was hurting.
(c) If James ignored her.
(d) If Ty sleeps in.

5. Who says, "James, hit the floor"?
(a) Ty.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Mama.
(d) Auntie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of prayers does James claim he is saying?

2. Who says, "not us to question" when the lady in the dentist's office wonders why children have to be in pain?

3. Why does James pretend that he is still asleep?

4. Why doesn't James sit down when he finds a seat on the bus?

5. James says he's been to the bigger city before and that he went with who?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does James hear as he is walking to the cafe?

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

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

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

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

6. How does James describe the sleet that is falling?

7. What type of people are waiting in the dentist's office?

8. What is James' response to Mama when she tells him they are going to town in the morning?

9. When James thinks about home during his walk back to the cafe what does he remember?

10. Describe the sleeping arrangements in James' home.

(see the answer keys)

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