The Color of Water by James McBride Edge Level A page 160

In "The Color of Water", why can't he ride the bus ?

• He was too old.

• It didn't go to his school.

• All kindergarten students had to ride the bus.

• He can't afford to ride the bus .

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What is "Guffaw"?

• When a person has stomach problems.

• When a person laughs loudly.

• When the bus does bring you home.

• When you're mom yells at everyone to be quiet.

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True or False: McBride had new clothes for his first day of school.

• True

• False

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What does McBride say is the high point of his day?

• Getting a tattoo with his mom.

• Eating oatmeal with his siblings and mother.

• His mom walking him to the bus stop.

• His mom combing his hair every morning.

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What kind of text/essay/story is "The Color of Water"? (Hint: look on page 141)

• News article

• Memoir

• Biography

• Science Article

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McBride's mother tells him, "When they go one way, you go the other way" about Rodney and Pete. Why does his mother say this?

• His mom did not want them making her son feel bad about his mother looking different.

• Rodney and Pete ask too many questions.

• So her son knows that taking the bus is dangerous.

• Rodney and Pete always made fun of her son's clothes.

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Why does McBride "panic" at the bus stop?

• Rodney and Pete said they were going to beat him up.

• His teacher was there to tell his mom what he did in school.

• His mom did not show up to walk him home.

• He forgot his backpack on the bus and it had already driven away.

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Why didn't McBride want to give his address to the other parents so they could get him home?

• He really did forget his address.

• Rodney and Pete would go to his house and eat his cookies.

• He was going to be brave and walk home by himself.

• His mother had told all 12 of the siblings, "Never, ever, ever tell your business to nobody."

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Why was McBride excited about his mother walking him to school?

• She always gave him candy to eat while they walked.

• She always carried him on her back so he didn't have to walk.

• He never got alone time with his mother because he had 11 other brothers and sisters.

• If his mother walked him to the bus stop Rodney and Pete wouldn't try to fight him.

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