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

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

3. 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 give him some money.
(c) If she is going to take him to jail.
(d) If she is going to tell his father.

4. 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) Helps her cook.
(c) Sits on the corner of the bed where she can see him.
(d) Stands up and paces.

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

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

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

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

9. What does the boy ask the woman while she cooks?
(a) If she needs milk from the store.
(b) Where she works.
(c) Where she learned to cook.
(d) If she wants him to set the table.

10. 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 embarrass him.
(c) She does not want to know.
(d) She plans to ask him after he eats.

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

12. 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.

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

14. What does the woman tell the boy she hopes he can do from now on before she walks him out of her room?
(a) Be honest.
(b) Behave.
(c) Be more careful.
(d) Be smarter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman tell the boy she used to want when she was young?

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

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

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

5. What does the woman say that she did to get things she wanted when she was young?

(see the answer keys)

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