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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 are the only words the boy is able to say to the woman before he leaves her?
(a) You've been kind.
(b) Thank you.
(c) Can I stay?
(d) How can I repay you?

2. What does the boy ask the woman while she cooks?
(a) If she needs milk from the store.
(b) Where she works.
(c) Where she learned to cook.
(d) If she wants him to set the table.

3. Who does the woman tell the boy he will always remember when she is done with him?
(a) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.
(b) Miss Linsday Eleanor Jackson.
(c) Mrs. Lulu Billings Cooper Smith.
(d) Ms. Luella Lu Williams Johnson.

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

5. What does the author repeat about the woman's home to let the reader know the boy could leave?
(a) The door was open.
(b) The woman told the boy he did not have to stay.
(c) The room had no doors.
(d) The lock was broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy do while the woman is cooking so she knows he will not steal from her?

2. What does the woman say that she did to get things she wanted when she was young?

3. Who does the boy say is waiting at his house?

4. What does the woman tell the boy she hopes he can do from now on before she walks him out of her room?

5. What does the woman give the boy after they finish dessert?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Mrs. Jones live? How is the place described? How does the boy know there are others in the house?

5. What does the boy do so that he can be sure Mrs. Jones trusts he will not steal from her? Why?

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

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

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

9. What does the boy tell Mrs. Jones when she asks if he has eaten supper?

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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