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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 are the only words the boy is able to say to the woman before he leaves her?

2. What does the woman give the boy for dessert?

3. What does the author repeat about the woman's home to let the reader know the boy could leave?

4. What does the woman tell the boy she is going to give him to drink?

5. What does the woman cook for herself and the boy to eat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the boy's name? What is the first thing Mrs. Jones has him do when they enter her room?

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

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

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

7. What does the woman give the boy before he leaves? What does she tell him?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining Mrs. Jones' purse as a symbol in “Thank You, Ma’am.” In what scenes does the purse appear? What is the context? How does the purse develop the narrative?

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

Genre is a category assigned to a literary work, like a story. What are some genres that could be used to classify the story? What is the main genre of the story? Explain.

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