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

2. What does the boy say when the woman asks if he is hungry?
(a) He says he is starving and would be thankful if she fed him.
(b) He says his mother would be mad at him if he ate the woman's food.
(c) He says he just ate a hamburger and some fries.
(d) He says he is not hungry and just wants her to let him go.

3. About how old is the boy who tries to steal the woman's purse?
(a) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

4. What does the woman do to the purse thief in paragraph one after trying to steal her purse?
(a) She has him arrested.
(b) She kicks him.
(c) She yells at him to come back.
(d) She whacks him on the head with her purse.

5. How does the woman respond to the boy's explanation for why he wanted to steal her purse?
(a) She tells him to speak up.
(b) She tells him she feels bad for him.
(c) She says he is lying.
(d) She tells him he can have her purse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Thank You, Ma'am"?

2. With whom is the woman walking home at the start of "Thank You, Ma'am"?

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

4. What adjective is used to describe the woman's purse in the first paragraph 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 boy say when the woman asks if he will run if she turns him loose? What does she say to his response?

2. 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?

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

4. What does the boy say to the woman when she asks if he has anybody at home to tell him to wash his face? What does the woman say she will do after he replies?

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

6. 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?

7. How does the woman react to the boy's action at the start of the story?

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

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

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

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