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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. 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) Can I stay?
(d) How can I repay you?

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

3. What does the woman cook for herself and the boy to eat?
(a) Chicken and corn.
(b) Ham and Lima beans.
(c) Steak and green beans.
(d) Fish and rice.

4. What does the woman say that she did to get things she wanted when she was young?
(a) She said she worked hard.
(b) She says she used to lie, cheat, and steal.
(c) She said she never got anything nice when she was a child.
(d) She says she did things she would not tell the boy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the boy do after washing his face when he does not know what else to do?

3. How soon after their first meeting does the boy see the woman again?

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

5. Who does the boy say is waiting at his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Jones reply when the boy asks if she is going to take him to jail while he waits for the water to warm so he can wash his face?

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

3. How does the woman try to relate to the boy after he washes his face in her room?

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

5. What does the boy tell Mrs. Jones when she asks if he has eaten supper?

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

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

8. In what ways does Mrs. Jones show the boy kindness as he gets ready to wash his face?

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

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

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