James Quizzes

Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes. More books than SparkNotes.

James Quiz 1

1 Who wrote James?

Mark Twain

Bryan Washington

Just James

Percival Everett
2 Who narrates James?

Huck

Jim

Percival

Mark
3 What form does James take?

Epic poem

Play

Novel

Short story
4 In what century is James set?

1900s

1700s

2000s

1800s
5 In what country is the book set?

Canada

United States

Mississppi

Mexico
6 Around which body of water does much of book's events take place?

Lake Michigan

Mississippi River

Ohio River

Pacific Ocean
7 In what state does Huck live?

Mississippi

Michigan

Illinois

Missouri
8 On which novel was James based?

Erasure

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

It is not based on any other work
9 In what tense is James narrated?

Future tense

The tense changes almost every sentence

Past tense

Present tense
10 How many parts is the book divided into?

30

3

1

2
11 Who is the protagonist of James?

Twain

Everett

Huck

Jim
12 What is Jim waiting for Miss Watson to bring him at the start of the story?

Whisky

Coffee

Firewood

Cornbread
13 What does Miss Watson question Jim about having touched?

Her pies

Her VHS collection

Her pots and pans

One of Judge Thatcher's books
14 Who is Sadie to Jim?

His cousin

His best friend

His sister

His wife
15 Who is Lizzie to Jim?

His daughter

His niece

His sister

His wife
16 What does Jim encourage Lizzie to do around Miss Watson?

Undermine her authority

Always speak with perfect pronunciation

Never speak to her at all

Speak in an uneducated, ungrammatical dialect
17 Why does Doris have a woman's name?

He is a slave and it was his master's idea of a joke

Doris was his father's name too

He is secretly a woman

Doris used to be a masculine name
18 In the book, how do enslaved people converse with each other when white people are listening?

They speak as eloquently and properly as they can, but it is difficult because they are uneducated

They speak with eloquence and intelligence

They pretend like they can't hear each other

They speak with improper diction and grammar to sound uneducated
19 In the book, how do enslaved people converse with each other when only black people are listening?

They speak with improper diction and grammar to sound uneducated

They only say positive things about their masters

They prefer not to speak with each other

They speak with eloquence and intelligence
20 Who does Miss Watson ask to keep an eye on Huck's wellbeing?

Sadie

Judge Thatcher

Doris

Jim
21 Why does Miss Watson worry about Huck's Pap being back in town?

She stole Huck from Pap

She knows Pap is not Huck's real father

Pap is an abusive alcoholic who beats Huck

She owes Pap money
22 Why does Jim teach enslaved children to speak with less apparent intelligence when around white people?

He is training them eventually to revolt against their masters

He knows it is safer for slaves if white people think themselves superior

He thinks it is funny to hear them mispronounce things

None of these
23 Based on what Jim tells Huck, what was Jim's father's ethnicity most likely?

Native American

Black

White

Chinese
24 Which answer best defines pilfer?

Sublimate

Steal

Roast

Consume
25 Who tells Jim that he is probably going to be sold to a man in New Orleans?

Lizzie

Sadie

Huck

Miss Watson

James Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for James is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Study Guide for James

James study guide contains a biography of Percival Everett, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for James…