1 Who wrote James? Bryan Washington Percival Everett Mark Twain Just James 2 Who narrates James? Jim Percival Huck Mark 3 What form does James take? Short story Play Novel Epic poem 4 In what century is James set? 1700s 1800s 2000s 1900s 5 In what country is the book set? Mississppi Canada United States Mexico 6 Around which body of water does much of book's events take place? Mississippi River Pacific Ocean Ohio River Lake Michigan 7 In what state does Huck live? Mississippi Illinois Michigan Missouri 8 On which novel was James based? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Erasure The Adventures of Tom Sawyer It is not based on any other work 9 In what tense is James narrated? Future tense Present tense The tense changes almost every sentence Past tense 10 How many parts is the book divided into? 3 1 30 2 11 Who is the protagonist of James? Huck Jim Twain Everett 12 What is Jim waiting for Miss Watson to bring him at the start of the story? Firewood Whisky Cornbread Coffee 13 What does Miss Watson question Jim about having touched? Her pies Her pots and pans One of Judge Thatcher's books Her VHS collection 14 Who is Sadie to Jim? His wife His best friend His sister His cousin 15 Who is Lizzie to Jim? His niece His daughter His wife His sister 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? Doris was his father's name too He is secretly a woman He is a slave and it was his master's idea of a joke 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 pretend like they can't hear each other They speak with improper diction and grammar to sound uneducated They speak with eloquence and intelligence 19 In the book, how do enslaved people converse with each other when only black people are listening? They only say positive things about their masters They speak with improper diction and grammar to sound uneducated They speak with eloquence and intelligence They prefer not to speak with each other 20 Who does Miss Watson ask to keep an eye on Huck's wellbeing? Sadie Jim Judge Thatcher Doris 21 Why does Miss Watson worry about Huck's Pap being back in town? Pap is an abusive alcoholic who beats Huck She stole Huck from Pap She owes Pap money She knows Pap is not Huck's real father 22 Why does Jim teach enslaved children to speak with less apparent intelligence when around white people? He knows it is safer for slaves if white people think themselves superior He is training them eventually to revolt against their masters 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? Black Chinese Native American White 24 Which answer best defines pilfer? Steal Roast Sublimate Consume 25 Who tells Jim that he is probably going to be sold to a man in New Orleans? Sadie Miss Watson Huck Lizzie
