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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 in her room to cook and store food?
(a) A gas plate and an icebox.
(b) A cooler and a hot plate.
(c) A refrigerator and an oven.
(d) Cupboards and a stovetop.

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

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

4. 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 plans to ask him after he eats.
(c) She knows where he lives and who his parents are.
(d) She does not want to know.

5. What does the woman say shoes "come by devilish" (5) will do?
(a) Walk you to your doom.
(b) Bring bad luck.
(c) Burn your feet.
(d) Fall apart.

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

7. What does the boy do while the woman is cooking so she knows he will not steal from her?
(a) Bring her purse to her.
(b) Sits on the corner of the bed where she can see him.
(c) Helps her cook.
(d) Stands up and paces.

8. How soon after their first meeting does the boy see the woman again?
(a) He sees her the next day.
(b) He sees her when he is an adult.
(c) He sees her the following week.
(d) He never sees her again.

9. What does the boy tell the woman he wanted to buy himself?
(a) Blue suede shoes.
(b) A button down shirt.
(c) Wool socks.
(d) A blanket.

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

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

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

13. What does the woman give the boy after they finish dessert?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A cup of tea.
(c) Some new socks.
(d) $10.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman tell the boy she is going to give him to drink?

2. What does the woman have the boy do as soon as he gets inside her room?

3. What does the woman tell the boy he should do to look presentable while she cooks?

4. What are the only words the boy is able to say to the woman before he leaves her?

5. What does the boy ask the woman while she cooks?

(see the answer keys)

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