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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. Who is the author of "Thank You, Ma'am"?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) Richard Wright.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Langston Hughes.

2. What is the first thing the woman says to the purse thief?
(a) "I'm calling the cops!"
(b) "Get away from me!"
(c) "Pick up my pocketbook!"
(d) "You little rat!"

3. What question does the woman ask the boy after he tries to steal her purse?
(a) "Ain't you got a mother?"
(b) "Ain't you ashamed of yourself?"
(c) "Do you know who I am?"
(d) "Who do you think you are?"

4. What happens when someone tries to snatch the woman's purse from her?
(a) The contents spill out.
(b) The strap breaks.
(c) The thief manages to get it and runs away.
(d) The thief changes his mind and runs away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do passersby do when they see the boy and the woman?

2. What does the author say the woman does not have in her purse in paragraph one of "Thank You, Ma'am"?

3. What does the boy say he will do if the woman lets go of him?

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

5. What does the boy call the woman when he apologizes to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What two questions does the woman ask the boy after he tries to steal her purse and how does he reply?

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

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