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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 Pages 1 & 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman tell the boy she would do if he was her son?
(a) Find him a job.
(b) Teach him right from wrong.
(c) Take him to church.
(d) Pay him to do chores.

2. What do passersby do when they see the boy and the woman?
(a) Pass by or stop and watch.
(b) Yell at the woman.
(c) Yell at the boy.
(d) Get the police.

3. What does the boy say when the woman asks if he has anyone at home to wash his face?
(a) He says he washed his face that morning.
(b) He says his mama washes his face.
(c) He says he does not.
(d) He says he lives with his father.

4. What does the boy say to the woman when she asks him why he wanted to steal her purse?
(a) He says she looked rich.
(b) He says he is hungry.
(c) He says he did not aim to.
(d) He says his mama made him.

5. What does the boy say when the woman asks if he is hungry?
(a) He says his mother would be mad at him if he ate the woman's food.
(b) He says he is starving and would be thankful if she fed him.
(c) He says he just ate a hamburger and some fries.
(d) He says he is not hungry and just wants her to let him go.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman do to the purse thief in paragraph one after trying to steal her purse?

2. What happens to the purse thief after trying to snatch the purse?

3. With whom is the woman walking home at the start of "Thank You, Ma'am"?

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

5. What does the woman tell the boy she is going to do for him that evening?

(see the answer key)

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