1 Who wrote James? Just James Percival Everett Mark Twain Bryan Washington 2 Who narrates James? Percival Mark Huck Jim 3 What form does James take? Short story Epic poem Play Novel 4 In what century is James set? 2000s 1700s 1900s 1800s 5 In what country is the book set? United States Canada Mississppi Mexico 6 Around which body of water does much of book's events take place? Lake Michigan Ohio River Pacific Ocean Mississippi River 7 In what state does Huck live? Michigan Illinois Mississippi Missouri 8 On which novel was James based? It is not based on any other work The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Erasure 9 In what tense is James narrated? Present tense Past tense The tense changes almost every sentence Future tense 10 How many parts is the book divided into? 30 3 1 2 11 Who is the protagonist of James? Everett Huck Jim Twain 12 What is Jim waiting for Miss Watson to bring him at the start of the story? Firewood Coffee Whisky Cornbread 13 What does Miss Watson question Jim about having touched? One of Judge Thatcher's books Her VHS collection Her pots and pans Her pies 14 Who is Sadie to Jim? His wife His cousin His best friend His sister 15 Who is Lizzie to Jim? His sister His daughter His wife His niece 16 What does Jim encourage Lizzie to do around Miss Watson? Always speak with perfect pronunciation Never speak to her at all Speak in an uneducated, ungrammatical dialect Undermine her authority 17 Why does Doris have a woman's name? He is a slave and it was his master's idea of a joke Doris used to be a masculine name He is secretly a woman Doris was his father's name too 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 speak with eloquence and intelligence They prefer not to speak with each other They only say positive things about their masters 20 Who does Miss Watson ask to keep an eye on Huck's wellbeing? Judge Thatcher Sadie Jim Doris 21 Why does Miss Watson worry about Huck's Pap being back in town? She owes Pap money Pap is an abusive alcoholic who beats Huck She knows Pap is not Huck's real father She stole Huck from Pap 22 Why does Jim teach enslaved children to speak with less apparent intelligence when around white people? He thinks it is funny to hear them mispronounce things He knows it is safer for slaves if white people think themselves superior He is training them eventually to revolt against their masters 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? Roast Steal Sublimate Consume 25 Who tells Jim that he is probably going to be sold to a man in New Orleans? Sadie Huck Miss Watson Lizzie
