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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many people are in the café that Mama and James stop at?
2. Who enters the waiting room at the beginning of Chapter 9?
3. At the beginning of Chapter 11, James says he knows they are going somewhere. Where are they going?
4. At the end of Chapter 10, what can't James feel because he's so cold?
5. What person in the cafe says, "some pimp"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
James and Ty are brothers in the story, The Sky is Gray. The two characters are similar in some ways but very different in other ways. Compare and contrast the two brothers in detail. Explain their relationship with each other and with the other characters in the book. How does James relate to Mama differently than Ty does? Use specific parts from the story to support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Mama tells James that she doesn't want him to be a crybaby. There are different parts of the story that James is afraid to show his emotions because of Mama. What are some of these instances in the story? Why do you think James was so concerned on making sure his emotions didn't show? Why did Mama raise James this way? Is Ty afraid to show his emotions? Why or why not? Do you think Mama is a terrible mother because she is so stern with her children? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the story, The Sky is Gray, James and his mother are almost always together. Describe Octavia and James' relationship. Would you consider their relationship to be a normal mother/son connection? Why or why not? How does James feel about his mother? How does Octavia feel about her son? Why doesn't Octavia express her love for James and do you think she really loves him?
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