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

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

3. What does the woman tell the boy he could have done to buy what he wanted instead of trying to steal her purse?
(a) He could have asked her.
(b) He could have stolen the item.
(c) He could have found a job.
(d) He could have asked his mother.

4. 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) Apologize to her.
(d) Wash his face.

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

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

7. 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 room had no doors.
(d) The woman told the boy he did not have to stay.

8. 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) Dries his face twice.
(c) Washes his face again.
(d) Tidies the room.

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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 said she worked hard.
(c) She says she used to lie, cheat, and steal.
(d) She says she did things she would not tell the boy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the boy's name?

3. Why does the woman avoid asking the boy where he lives or who his parents are?

4. What does the woman have in her room to cook and store food?

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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