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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) Teach him right from wrong.
(b) Find him a job.
(c) Take him to church.
(d) Pay him to do chores.

2. What does the woman do to the purse thief in paragraph one after trying to steal her purse?
(a) She whacks him on the head with her purse.
(b) She kicks him.
(c) She yells at him to come back.
(d) She has him arrested.

3. What time is it at the start of "Thank You, Ma'am"?
(a) 5 p.m.
(b) 11 p.m.
(c) 12 p.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

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

5. What question does the woman ask the boy after he tries to steal her purse?
(a) "Who do you think you are?"
(b) "Ain't you got a mother?"
(c) "Do you know who I am?"
(d) "Ain't you ashamed of yourself?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy call the woman when he apologizes to her?

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

3. Who is the author of "Thank You, Ma'am"?

4. How is the boy described as looking?

5. What does the boy say he will do if the woman lets go of him?

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