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

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

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

4. Who does the woman tell the boy he will always remember when she is done with him?
(a) Miss Linsday Eleanor Jackson.
(b) Ms. Luella Lu Williams Johnson.
(c) Mrs. Lulu Billings Cooper Smith.
(d) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.

5. What does the woman say that she did to get things she wanted when she was young?
(a) She said she worked hard.
(b) She says she did things she would not tell the boy.
(c) She says she used to lie, cheat, and steal.
(d) She said she never got anything nice when she was a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy tell the woman he wanted to buy himself?

2. What does the boy do while the woman is cooking so she knows he will not steal from her?

3. What does the author repeat about the woman's home to let the reader know the boy could leave?

4. What does the woman tell the boy she hopes he can do from now on before she walks him out of her room?

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

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