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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 much money will Mama have left over after paying for travel and cost of pulling a tooth?
(a) Two dollars.
(b) Fifty cents.
(c) One dollar.
(d) Twenty five cents.

2. What is the color of the school that James and his Mama pass while in the big city?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Green.

3. Who says, " I'm going one way and he pulling the other"?
(a) Ty.
(b) James.
(c) Auntie.
(d) Monsieur Bayonne.

4. Why does James pretend that he is still asleep?
(a) Because he doesn't Mama and Auntie to know he was listening to their conversation.
(b) Because he doesn't want to eat breakfast.
(c) Because he is afraid to get up.
(d) Because Auntie told him to.

5. As he makes the sign on James' jaw, Monsieur Bayonne uses so much pressure that he almost pushes James over onto who?
(a) Ty.
(b) Mama.
(c) Auntie.
(d) The dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mama wondering "bout the hog"?

2. Who says "white beans and no salt meat ain't white beans"?

3. What kind of prayers does James claim he is saying?

4. Who says in Chapter 3, "I can eat anything on it"?

5. James says he's been to the bigger city before and that he went with who?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mama do when James pushes one of the cakes towards her after stating that he "can't eat all this"?

2. Why does Mama pay for food even after James tells her that he's not hungry?

3. What kind of solution is given to James to help with his toothache?

4. What does Mama and Auntie decide to do with the left over fifty cents Mama will have?

5. Describe the sleeping arrangements in James' home.

6. Why does James look at the nurse all pitiful?

7. What kind of interaction do James and the girl have right before James gets off the bus?

8. What are some of the things that James and his mother pass before they arrive at the dentist's office?

9. Why does James close his eyes while he's walking with his Mama back to the dentist's office and what happens when he closes his eyes?

10. Why does the preacher ask the young man to stand up?

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