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

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

3. What does the woman tell the boy she was heading home to do when he tried to take her purse?
(a) Have a party.
(b) Watch TV.
(c) Get some sleep.
(d) Cook some food.

4. How soon after their first meeting does the boy see the woman again?
(a) He never sees her again.
(b) He sees her the following week.
(c) He sees her when he is an adult.
(d) He sees her the next day.

5. What does the boy do after washing his face when he does not know what else to do?
(a) Washes his face again.
(b) Dries his face twice.
(c) Runs out of the room.
(d) Tidies the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman say shoes "come by devilish" (5) will do?

2. What is the boy's name?

3. What does the boy ask the woman when they get inside her room?

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

5. What does the woman tell the boy he could have done to buy what he wanted instead of trying to steal her purse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the boy tell the woman he wanted to buy when he tried to steal her purse? What does she say he could have done instead?

2. When Mrs. Jones finally lets the boy go, what does he notice before going to the sink?

3. In what way does Mrs. Jones show the boy trust while she cooks them a meal?

4. What does the boy offer to do for the woman while she prepares their supper?

5. What does Mrs. Jones tell the boy to do while she makes them something to eat?

6. How does the woman try to relate to the boy after he washes his face in her room?

7. What does the boy say to the woman before he leaves? What did he want to say?

8. What words are used to describe the way Mrs. Jones handles the boy as the takes him out the street to her house?

9. What does Mrs. Jones tell the boy about herself over supper? Why is she careful not to ask him any questions about his life?

10. How is the boy described as looking and acting while Mrs. Jones pulls him up the street toward her house?

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