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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) Plump and stout.
(b) Frail and willow-wild.
(c) As strong as an ox.
(d) Young as green corn.

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) "You little rat!"
(d) "Pick up my pocketbook!"

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

4. What time is it at the start of "Thank You, Ma'am"?
(a) 5 p.m.
(b) 12 p.m.
(c) 6 a.m.
(d) 11 p.m.

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

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

3. What does the boy say when the woman asks if he is hungry?

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

5. What question does the woman ask the boy after he tries to steal her purse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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 to the boy when he tells her he was not trying to steal her purse?

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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