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

2. What are the only words the boy is able to say to the woman before he leaves her?
(a) Thank you.
(b) How can I repay you?
(c) You've been kind.
(d) Can I stay?

3. What does the woman cook for herself and the boy to eat?
(a) Chicken and corn.
(b) Ham and Lima beans.
(c) Steak and green beans.
(d) Fish and rice.

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

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

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

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

8. 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 lock was broken.
(c) The woman told the boy he did not have to stay.
(d) The room had no doors.

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

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

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

12. What type of home does the woman live in?
(a) A single-family home.
(b) An apartment.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A rooming house.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the woman tell the boy he could have done to buy what he wanted instead of trying to steal her purse?

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

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

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

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