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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the boy say when the woman asks if he has anyone at home to wash his face?
2. How is the boy described as looking?
3. What is the boy wearing when he tries to steal the woman's purse?
4. What does the author say the woman does not have in her purse in paragraph one of "Thank You, Ma'am"?
5. What happens to the purse thief after trying to snatch the purse?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
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. How does the woman react to the boy's action at the start of the story?
4. How old is the boy? How is he described physically?
5. 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?
6. What do passersby do while the woman is talking to the boy after he tried to steal her purse?
7. What does the woman say about the boy's face after he tries to apologize to her?
8. What does the woman demand from the boy after he tries to steal her purse?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Hughes' focus on kindness and compassion as presented in the story.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss each character and the conflicts they encounter in the story. How do they handle their conflicts? What does this say about the character?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the author of “Thank You, Ma’am.” Who is he? What else has he written? How is "Thank You, Ma’am" similar or different from his other works?
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