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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mama say when the lady asks if they are from Bayonne?
2. How much does it cost to travel one way to get James' tooth pulled?
3. What color coat does the girl have on that is sitting across from James on the bus?
4. What does James see in the shoe shop?
5. Who sleeps by the fireplace?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mama and Auntie decide to do with the left over fifty cents Mama will have?
2. Describe the scene where James is waiting.
3. Why can't James sleep and what does he do when he is lying awake?
4. Why does James think the little old lady must be crazy?
5. What does the man in the cafe do?
6. Why did James pretend he was asleep?
7. How does James know that Bayonne is "a hundred times smaller than Baton Rouge"?
8. What type of people are waiting in the dentist's office?
9. What does Mama do after James gets the bird on the leg with his fork?
10. How does James describe the sleet that is falling?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the story, The Sky is Gray, James and his family are obviously poor. There are many things that James has never had or never will have in his lifetime. What things do you think James, Mama and the rest of the family have to work for that some people in the story (mainly white people) don't think twice about? What examples do you read about in the story to help you come to the conclusion that James' family is poor? How does this help you connect with James and with Mama? Use specific examples from the story.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the story, The Sky is Gray, James and his mother are almost always together. Describe Octavia and James' relationship. Would you consider their relationship to be a normal mother/son connection? Why or why not? How does James feel about his mother? How does Octavia feel about her son? Why doesn't Octavia express her love for James and do you think she really loves him?
Essay Topic 3
In the story, The Sky is Gray, who do you consider to be the protagonist of the story? What kind of obstacles does this character face or overcome? What or who would be considered to be the antagonists in the story? How does the protagonist grow from their experiences in the story? Cite specific examples from the story to support your conclusions.
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