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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who enters the waiting room at the beginning of Chapter 9?
2. While James and his Mama are walking, James said he'd be happy if it was what all the time?
3. What color of sweater is the woman that is waiting in the dentist's office next to James and his Mama wearing under her black sweater?
4. What does the preacher say him and the young lady were talking about?
5. Why is the dentist's office waiting room full of smoke?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
In the story, The Sky is Gray, Mama takes James into a cafe to get warm and buy some food. After Mama and James get their food and start to eat, the man in the cafe asks Mama to dance. Mama ends up throwing the man against the wall. Why do you think Mama agreed to dance with the man when obviously she didn't want to? Why didn't Mama let James jump in to help her with the man? Why do you think Mama threw the man up against the wall? Why do you think the man asked Mama to dance in the first place?
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