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Langston Hughes

Thank You, M'am

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1958

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Reading Check, Multiple Choice & Short Answer Quizzes

Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Reading Check

1. What time of day does the story take place?

2. Why does Roger fall over when he tries to grab Mrs. Jones’s purse?

3. What is Mrs. Jones’s first response when Roger tries to steal from her?

4. Approximately how old is Roger?

5. Where does Mrs. Jones take Roger?

6. What does Roger say he wanted Mrs. Jones’s money for?

7. What do Roger and Mrs. Jones talk about as they eat?

8. What does Mrs. Jones give Roger before he leaves?

Multiple Choice

1. In the sentence, “The large woman simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter” (Paragraph 1), which word most strongly suggests Mrs. Jones’s level-headedness?

A) large

B) simply

C) turned

D) kicked

2. How does Roger respond the first time Mrs. Jones asks why he tried to steal from her?

A) He downplays his responsibility.

B) He invents a story.

C) He stays defiantly silent.

D) He plays to Mrs. Jones’s sympathy.

3. Which of the following best describes Roger’s initial demeanor towards Mrs. Jones?

A) fearful

B) remorseful

C) frustrated

D) embarrassed

4. The door to Mrs. Jones’s apartment symbolizes which of the following?

A) confinement

B) hospitality

C) neglect

D) agency

5.

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