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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miss Foster says the phrase "..pick up the weself" when telling Bob's mother and G.'s mother about the flood. What does "weself" mean?
(a) Little children.
(b) Photos of them when they were little.
(c) They do not know what she means.
(d) Ourselves.

2. Who begins to approach G. after Boy Blue and Trumper leave the little boy's open-air conversion?
(a) The policeman.
(b) The preacher.
(c) Mr. Slime.
(d) Bob's father.

3. Why do Trumper, Boy Blue and G. sneak onto the landlord's grounds at night in Chapter 7?
(a) To play cricket.
(b) To get food.
(c) To watch a dance.
(d) To pick flowers.

4. An old woman walks circles in the night outside in Chapter 2. Why?
(a) She has a high fever.
(b) She is practicing a dance.
(c) She is very lost.
(d) She is drunk.

5. In what other island have there been civil disturbances and riots?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) Aruba.
(c) St. Martin.
(d) The Bahamas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do Mr. Foster and the overseer's brother ask for an opinion about Mr. Slime?

2. Whose side is the old woman on when the landlord takes her aside to speak with her about the village?

3. In Chapter 7, what does Trumper say Mr. Slime wants to put an end to?

4. Through what means does the author convey to the reader that Mr. Slime is no longer a schoolteacher?

5. How is Trumper able to get his two friends inside the gate of the landlord's home?

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