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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman have the boy do as soon as he gets inside her room?
(a) Cook her dinner.
(b) Take off his shoes.
(c) Wash his face.
(d) Apologize to her.

2. What verb is used to describe the way the woman brings the boy up the street to her house?
(a) Dragged.
(b) Towed.
(c) Yanked.
(d) Pulled.

3. What does the woman tell the boy he should do to look presentable while she cooks?
(a) Sit up straight.
(b) Tuck in his shirt.
(c) Clean his fingernails.
(d) Comb his hair.

4. Who does the boy say is waiting at his house?
(a) Nobody.
(b) His mother.
(c) His Granny.
(d) His father.

5. What does the woman tell the boy she is going to give him to drink?
(a) Orange juice.
(b) Cocoa.
(c) Sweet milk.
(d) Iced Tea.

6. Where does the woman tell the boy she works?
(a) A doctor's office.
(b) A movie theater.
(c) A hotel beauty-shop.
(d) A nightclub.

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

8. What does the woman tell the boy she used to want when she was young?
(a) A fancy house.
(b) Fancy shoes.
(c) Other people's money.
(d) Things she could not get.

9. What does the boy ask the woman when they get inside her room?
(a) If she is going to take him to jail.
(b) If she is going to tell his mother.
(c) If she is going to give him some money.
(d) If she is going to tell his father.

10. What does the woman tell the boy she was heading home to do when he tried to take her purse?
(a) Get some sleep.
(b) Have a party.
(c) Watch TV.
(d) Cook some food.

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

12. What does the boy do after washing his face when he does not know what else to do?
(a) Runs out of the room.
(b) Washes his face again.
(c) Dries his face twice.
(d) Tidies the room.

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

14. Why does the woman avoid asking the boy where he lives or who his parents are?
(a) She knows where he lives and who his parents are.
(b) She does not want to know.
(c) She does not want to embarrass him.
(d) She plans to ask him after he eats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How soon after their first meeting does the boy see the woman again?

2. What does the woman give the boy after they finish dessert?

3. What type of home does the woman live in?

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

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

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