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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the boy described as looking?
(a) Frail and willow-wild.
(b) Young as green corn.
(c) Plump and stout.
(d) As strong as an ox.

2. What does the woman tell the boy she is going to do for him that evening?
(a) Take him home.
(b) Walk him to jail.
(c) Buy him shoes.
(d) Wash his face.

3. What does the boy say when the woman asks if he has anyone at home to wash his face?
(a) He says he does not.
(b) He says his mama washes his face.
(c) He says he washed his face that morning.
(d) He says he lives with his father.

4. What adjective is used to describe the woman's purse in the first paragraph of "Thank You, Ma'am"?
(a) Large.
(b) Small.
(c) Lightweight.
(d) Heavy.

5. What does the woman tell the boy she would do if he was her son?
(a) Find him a job.
(b) Teach him right from wrong.
(c) Pay him to do chores.
(d) Take him to church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to steal the woman's purse at the start of "Thank You, Ma'am"?

2. What does the woman do to the purse thief in paragraph one after trying to steal her purse?

3. What is the first thing the woman says to the purse thief?

4. What does the boy say to the woman when she asks him why he wanted to steal her purse?

5. What happens to the purse thief after trying to snatch the purse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the woman demand from the boy after he tries to steal her purse?

2. How is the woman describe at the start of "Thank You, Ma'am"? What does she look like? What does she have with her? What time is it?

3. What does the woman tell the boy she would do if she was his mother? What does she say is the least she can do for him since she is not his mother?

4. What does the boy say when the woman asks if he will run if she turns him loose? What does she say to his response?

5. What does the woman say about the boy's face after he tries to apologize to her?

6. What does the woman say to the boy when he tells her he was not trying to steal her purse?

7. What does someone try to do to the woman as she is walking down the street at the start of the story?

8. How old is the boy? How is he described physically?

9. What do passersby do while the woman is talking to the boy after he tried to steal her purse?

10. What does the woman say to the boy when he tells her she was not bothering him when she walking down the street?

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