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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman say shoes "come by devilish" (5) will do?
(a) Burn your feet.
(b) Walk you to your doom.
(c) Fall apart.
(d) Bring bad luck.

2. What does the woman tell the boy she hopes he can do from now on before she walks him out of her room?
(a) Be smarter.
(b) Be more careful.
(c) Behave.
(d) Be honest.

3. How soon after their first meeting does the boy see the woman again?
(a) He sees her the next day.
(b) He never sees her again.
(c) He sees her the following week.
(d) He sees her when he is an adult.

4. What is the boy's name?
(a) Roger.
(b) Roland.
(c) Richard.
(d) Randy.

5. What does the boy ask the woman when they get inside her room?
(a) If she is going to tell his mother.
(b) If she is going to take him to jail.
(c) If she is going to give him some money.
(d) If she is going to tell his father.

6. What does the woman give the boy after they finish dessert?
(a) Some new socks.
(b) $10.
(c) A cup of tea.
(d) A blanket.

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

8. Who does the woman tell the boy he will always remember when she is done with him?
(a) Ms. Luella Lu Williams Johnson.
(b) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.
(c) Mrs. Lulu Billings Cooper Smith.
(d) Miss Linsday Eleanor Jackson.

9. What does the woman give the boy for dessert?
(a) A piece of penny candy.
(b) A piece of million-dollar pie.
(c) All of her ten-cent cake.
(d) Half of her ten-cent cake.

10. What does the woman tell the boy she used to want when she was young?
(a) Other people's money.
(b) A fancy house.
(c) Fancy shoes.
(d) Things she could not get.

11. What does the woman tell the boy she is going to give him to drink?
(a) Sweet milk.
(b) Cocoa.
(c) Orange juice.
(d) Iced Tea.

12. Where does the woman tell the boy she works?
(a) A nightclub.
(b) A doctor's office.
(c) A hotel beauty-shop.
(d) A movie theater.

13. What does the woman leave on her daybed when she goes to cook for the boy?
(a) Her watch.
(b) Her jacket.
(c) Her purse.
(d) Her necklace.

14. What does the boy ask the woman while she cooks?
(a) If she wants him to set the table.
(b) Where she works.
(c) Where she learned to cook.
(d) If she needs milk from the store.

15. What are the only words the boy is able to say to the woman before he leaves her?
(a) Thank you.
(b) You've been kind.
(c) How can I repay you?
(d) Can I stay?

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the woman avoid asking the boy where he lives or who his parents are?

2. What does the boy tell the woman he wanted to buy himself?

3. What does the boy do while the woman is cooking so she knows he will not steal from her?

4. What does the woman tell the boy she was heading home to do when he tried to take her purse?

5. What does the woman tell the boy he could have done to buy what he wanted instead of trying to steal her purse?

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