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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 Pages 3 - 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman give the boy for dessert?
(a) A piece of million-dollar pie.
(b) Half of her ten-cent cake.
(c) All of her ten-cent cake.
(d) A piece of penny candy.

2. How is the boy described as looking?
(a) Plump and stout.
(b) Frail and willow-wild.
(c) Young as green corn.
(d) As strong as an ox.

3. What does the author repeat about the woman's home to let the reader know the boy could leave?
(a) The lock was broken.
(b) The door was open.
(c) The woman told the boy he did not have to stay.
(d) The room had no doors.

4. What does the woman tell the boy she is going to do for him that evening?
(a) Take him home.
(b) Wash his face.
(c) Buy him shoes.
(d) Walk him to jail.

5. What does the boy say he will do if the woman lets go of him?
(a) Turn himself in.
(b) Run away.
(c) Walk her home.
(d) Go home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman have the boy do as soon as he gets inside her room?

2. What adjective is used to describe the woman's purse in the first paragraph of "Thank You, Ma'am"?

3. What is the boy wearing when he tries to steal the woman's purse?

4. What time is it at the start of "Thank You, Ma'am"?

5. What does the woman leave on her daybed when she goes to cook for the boy?

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