Thank You, Ma'am Quiz

Which sentence from the story best demonstrates Roger’s decision to obey Mrs. Jones?

• “‘When I get through with you, sir, you are going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.’”

• “The boy could hear other roomers laughing and talking in the large house.”

• “The woman still had him by the neck in the middle of the room.”

• “Roger looked at the door—looked at the woman—looked at the door—and went to the sink.”

What can the reader best infer from the following passage (paragraphs 34-36)?

The woman was sitting on the day-bed. After a while she said, “I were young once and I wanted things I could not get.” There was another long pause. The boy’s mouth opened. Then he frowned, but not knowing he frowned. The woman said, “Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn’t snatch people’s pocketbooks. Well, I wasn’t going to say that.” Pause. Silence. “I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son—neither tell God, if he didn’t already know.

• Mrs. Jones would also like a pair of blue suede shoes.

• Mrs. Jones can empathize with Roger’s situation.

• Mrs. Jones was also a thief.

• Mrs. Jones will turn Roger in to the police.

What does the following passage mainly reveal about Mrs. Jones (paragraph 41)?

Instead, as they ate, she told him about her job in a hotel beauty-shop that stayed open late, what the work was like, and how all kinds of women came in and out, blondes, red-heads, and Spanish. Then she cut him a half of her ten-cent cake. “Eat some more, son,” she said.

• Cake is her favorite dessert.

• Mrs. Jones wants to dye her hair a different color.

• Mrs. Jones wants Roger to enjoy a good and filling meal.

• Popularity is important to Mrs. Jones.

What mainly can the reader infer about Roger from the following passage (paragraph 41)?

She heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set the table. The woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarrass him.

• His favorite meal is lima beans.

• He comes from a troubled background.

• Roger is forced to keep his identity a secret.

• Roger has no family.

Which inference can be best made about Mrs. Jones?

• She is bossy.

• She is insecure.

• She is popular.

• She is nosy.

Which sentence from the excerpt most strongly supports the answer to question 5?

• “She said, ‘You a lie!’”

• “‘Then, Roger, you go to that sink and wash your face.'”

• “She said, ‘What is your name?’”

• “‘Here I am trying to get home to cook me a bite to eat and you snatch my pocketbook!’”

What is most closely a theme of the story?

• Holding on too strongly can ruin a friendship.

• Money is essential for happiness.

• Gestures of kindness can have a meaningful impact.

• Criminals should be harshly punished.

Which sentence from the story most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

• “‘Then I won’t turn you loose,’ said the woman.”

• “'No’m,’ said the being dragged boy. ‘I just want you to turn me loose.'”

• “Mrs. Jones stopped, jerked him around in front of her, put a half-nelson about his neck, and continued to drag him up the street.”

• “‘Do you need somebody to go to the store,’ asked the boy, ‘maybe to get some milk or something?’”

Exaggeration is the use of overstatement to create a particular effect or point. Choose the two sentences that best show exaggeration.

• "It had a large strap, and she carried it slung across her shoulder."

• "She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails."

• "Then she reached down, picked the boy up by his shirt front, and shook him until his teeth rattled."

• "The large woman simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jean sitter."

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