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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 Pages 3 - 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do passersby do when they see the boy and the woman?
(a) Get the police.
(b) Yell at the boy.
(c) Yell at the woman.
(d) Pass by or stop and watch.

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

3. What does the woman tell the boy she is going to do for him that evening?
(a) Take him home.
(b) Buy him shoes.
(c) Wash his face.
(d) Walk him to jail.

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

5. What time is it at the start of "Thank You, Ma'am"?
(a) 5 p.m.
(b) 12 p.m.
(c) 6 a.m.
(d) 11 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman leave on her daybed when she goes to cook for the boy?

2. About how old is the boy who tries to steal the woman's purse?

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

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

5. What adjective is used to describe the woman in the first paragraph of "Thank You, Ma'am"?

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